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Wellington (nzl)

New Zealand

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Wellington ranks 345th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nantes, Leuven, and Gunma Prefecture. The most famous people from Wellington are Russell Crowe, Peter Jackson, and Katherine Mansfield. The most famous people who died in Wellington are Peter Fraser, Ernest Marsden, and Edith Farkas. Wellington has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and physicists. Wellington is located in New Zealand.

Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1880 and 2002, Wellington was the birth place of 61 globally memorable people, including Russell Crowe, Peter Jackson, and Katherine Mansfield. Additionaly, 13 globally memorable people have passed away in Wellington including Peter Fraser, Ernest Marsden, and Edith Farkas.

People Born in Wellington

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People Deceased in Wellington

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Wellington were soccer players (13), athletes (12), actors (11), film directors (7), and politicians (4),  while most who died were politicians (7), physicists (1), physicians (1), boxers (1), and athletes (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wellington, including Wynton Rufer, Michael McGlinchey, and Simon Elliott. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wellington, including Wynton Rufer, Michael McGlinchey, and Simon Elliott.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Wellington since 1700.