Cultural Production in

Present Day

Sussex (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Sussex ranks 2,564th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Tottenham, and Koga, Ibaraki. Memorable people born in Sussex include Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Thomas Weelkes. Memorable people who died in Sussex include Godfrey Brown, Harold Macmillan, and John Cornforth. Sussex has been the birth place of many composers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and singers. Sussex is located in United Kingdom.

Sussex is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom and, later, a county. It includes the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1001 and 1990, Sussex was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Thomas Weelkes. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Sussex including Godfrey Brown, Harold Macmillan, and John Cornforth. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Sussex than were born there.

People Born in Sussex

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Sussex were composers (2), politicians (1), philosophers (1), writers (1), and actors (1),  while most who died were politicians (3), singers (2), athletes (1), chemists (1), and psychologists (1).

Over the past 100 years, composers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sussex, including Harry Gregson-Williams. Whereas, throughout history, composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sussex, including Harry Gregson-Williams, and Thomas Weelkes.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Sussex since 1700.