Sheffield
Sheffield ranks 194th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nuremberg, Abidjan, and Nagoya. Memorable people born in Sheffield include Joe Cocker, Gordon Banks, and Sean Bean. Memorable people who died in Sheffield include William Foulke, Henry Clifton Sorby, and David Payne. Sheffield has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and geologists. Sheffield is located in United Kingdom.
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated 29 miles (47 km) south of Leeds and 32 miles (51 km) east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the third largest of Northern England. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1718 and 1999, Sheffield was the birth place of 66 globally memorable people, including Joe Cocker, Gordon Banks, and Sean Bean. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Sheffield including William Foulke, Henry Clifton Sorby, and David Payne.
People Born in Sheffield
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Joe Cocker
SINGER
1944 - 2014
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 16
Gordon Banks
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2019
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 18
Sean Bean
ACTOR
1959 - Present
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 38
Bruce Chatwin
WRITER
1940 - 1989
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 20
Michael Palin
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 65
A. S. Byatt
WRITER
1936 - 2023
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 19
John O. Westwood
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1805 - 1893
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 13
J. Stuart Blackton
FILM DIRECTOR
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 23
Trevor Taylor
RACING DRIVER
1936 - 2010
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 30
David Blunkett
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 40
Alex Turner
MUSICIAN
1986 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 66
Jamie Vardy
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 55
People Deceased in Sheffield
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William Foulke
SOCCER PLAYER
1874 - 1916
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 2
Henry Clifton Sorby
GEOLOGIST
1826 - 1908
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 3
David Payne
PAINTER
1843 - 1894
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 1
Emlyn Hughes
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - 2004
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Sheffield were soccer players (13), actors (8), writers (6), musicians (6), and athletes (6), while most who died were soccer players (2), geologists (1), and painters (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sheffield, including Gordon Banks, Jamie Vardy, and Kyle Walker. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sheffield, including Gordon Banks, Jamie Vardy, and Kyle Walker.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 19 globally memorable people born in Sheffield since 1700.
