Stafford
Stafford ranks 2,241st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Schöneberg, Nacka, and Karlstad. Memorable people born in Stafford include Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Patrick McLoughlin, and Izaak Walton. Stafford has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Stafford is located in United Kingdom.
Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 miles (24 km) north of Wolverhampton, and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021 census, and is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Stafford, which had a population of 136,837 in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1402 and 2000, Stafford was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Patrick McLoughlin, and Izaak Walton.
People Born in Stafford
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Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
POLITICIAN
1402 - 1460
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 7
Patrick McLoughlin
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 4
Izaak Walton
WRITER
1593 - 1683
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 8
Fran Healy
MUSICIAN
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 6
Morgan Gibbs-White
SOCCER PLAYER
2000 - Present
HPI: 38.53
Rank: 3
Anthony Gardner
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.57
Rank: 2
Chris Birchall
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 5
Gemma Howell
ATHLETE
1990 - Present
HPI: 19.65
Rank: 1
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Stafford were soccer players (3), politicians (2), writers (1), musicians (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Stafford, including Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Gardner, and Chris Birchall. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Stafford, including Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Gardner, and Chris Birchall.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Stafford since 1700.
