#1Famous people · Malvern
16 famous people were born in Malvern, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Fred Jones, the American basketball player, with articles in 14 languages. 3 were born in 1970 or later. Births span 1879 to 1979, from M. A. Leiper to Fred Jones. More are athletes than anything else, 8 in all.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Fred Jones
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
M. A. Leiper
Youngest
1979
Fred Jones
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Malvern’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Malvern’s famous people were born
The 1930s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Malvern
Fred Jones has articles in 14 languages, Fran Bennett in 13 and Bob Burrow in 8.
#1
#2
#3Known for
What Malvern is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Malvern
13 more, 6 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Malvern?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Malvern’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Malvern and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Fred Jones: File:Ronny Turiaf at the line.jpg: eric molina derivative work: Shakeydeal33, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fran Bennett: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Burrow: Acdixon, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Winston Bryant: Mena High School, Arkansas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Madre Hill: Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raner Collins: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy McCraw: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Overton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons