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Photo: My another account · CC0Famous people · Blunham, Bedfordshire
Blunham has just one famous person to its name: Frederick Rawlins
In 1907, the cricketer Frederick Rawlins was born. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Just 5 mi away, Biggleswade’s list holds 15 names, Dan Albone the best known.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Frederick Rawlins
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Frederick Rawlins
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Blunham
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Blunham, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Blunham
Who is the most famous person from Blunham?
Frederick Rawlins (cricketer (1907-1968)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Blunham?
1 people born in Blunham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Blunham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Blunham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blunham’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Dan Albone: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Hennessy: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bunyan: Thomas Sadler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Irvine: Craig Grobler (Flickr account) at www.theestablishingshot.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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