#1Famous people · Westminster
Westminster counts 5 famous people, first among them Gresham Barrett
The best known is the American politician Gresham Barrett, with articles in 10 languages. The American football player Andy Lee ranks second, ahead of Jackie Wilson. The earliest on the list is Jackie Wilson, born in 1909, and the youngest Andy Lee, born in 1982. 2 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Gresham Barrett
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Jackie Wilson
Youngest
1982
Andy Lee
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Westminster’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Westminster’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Westminster
Gresham Barrett has articles in 10 languages, Andy Lee in 9 and Jackie Wilson in 6.
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What Westminster is known for
Westminster has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
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A further 2 follow, born between 1932 and 1981.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Westminster 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 (4)
- Gresham Barrett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Lee: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Burton: Joe Bielawa on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons