South Shields
South Shields ranks 907th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Perugia, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and 14th arrondissement of Paris. Memorable people born in South Shields include Ridley Scott, Frank Williams, and Ernest Thompson Seton. Memorable people who died in South Shields include Stan Mortensen. South Shields has been the birth place of many soccer players, and singers and the death place of many soccer players. South Shields is located in United Kingdom.
South Shields is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages. It is the fourth largest settlement in Tyne and Wear, after Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland and Gateshead; in 2021, it had a population of 75,337. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1812 and 1993, South Shields was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Ridley Scott, Frank Williams, and Ernest Thompson Seton. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in South Shields including Stan Mortensen.
People Born in South Shields
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Ridley Scott
FILM DIRECTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 9
Frank Williams
BUSINESSPERSON
1942 - 2021
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 14
Ernest Thompson Seton
WRITER
1860 - 1946
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 16
John Gray
PHILOSOPHER
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 8
Eric Idle
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 5
William Fox
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1893
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1
Flora Robson
ACTOR
1902 - 1984
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 15
Ramón Zabalo
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 1967
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 12
Phil Brown
SOCCER PLAYER
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 6
Stan Mortensen
SOCCER PLAYER
1921 - 1991
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3
Catherine Cookson
WRITER
1906 - 1998
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 2
Perrie Edwards
SINGER
1993 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 10
People Deceased in South Shields
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Most individuals born in present day South Shields were soccer players (5), singers (3), writers (2), actors (2), and film directors (1), while most who died were soccer players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in South Shields, including Phil Brown, Demi Stokes, and Blair Adams. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day South Shields, including Ramón Zabalo, Phil Brown, and Stan Mortensen.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in South Shields since 1700.
