Dewsbury
Dewsbury ranks 3,575th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Château de Saint-Cloud, East Harlem, and Annemasse. The most famous people from Dewsbury are Owen Willans Richardson, Betty Boothroyd, and Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi. Dewsbury has been the birth place of many politicians, and physicists. Dewsbury is located in United Kingdom.
People
Between 1879 and 1988, Dewsbury was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Owen Willans Richardson, Betty Boothroyd, and Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi.
People Born in Dewsbury
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Owen Willans Richardson
PHYSICIST
1879 - 1959
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 1
Betty Boothroyd
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2023
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 2
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi
POLITICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3
Tom Kilburn
ENGINEER
1921 - 2001
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 4
Alistair Brownlee
ATHLETE
1988 - Present
HPI: 38.10
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Dewsbury were politicians (2), physicists (1), engineers (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dewsbury, including Betty Boothroyd, and Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dewsbury, including Betty Boothroyd, and Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Dewsbury since 1700.
