MC#1
Film, TV & Stage
Michael Cronin
born 1942British actor, screenwriter, and author
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Cranfield, Bedfordshire
3 famous people were born in Cranfield from 1607 to 1942
Michael Cronin is the best known, with articles in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Peter Taylor and George Lawton. The list’s best known name, Michael Cronin, dates from 1942. Fewer than a quarter of the 45 towns in Bedfordshire with famous people list more.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Michael Cronin
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1607
George Lawton
Youngest
1942
Peter Taylor
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Cranfield
Languages with an article: 6 for Michael Cronin, 3 for Peter Taylor, 1 for George Lawton.
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Known for
What Cranfield is known for
1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Newport Pagnell leads the towns around it, with 19 names.
Newport Pagnell · 5 miGordon Moakes & 18 moreRNAmpthill · 6 miRichard Nicolls & 8 more
Kempston · 6 miRoy Babbington & 4 more
Marston Moretaine · 3 miEdward Tylecote & 1 moreABWootton · 4 miArthur Biggs & 1 more
Aspley Guise · 4 miSamuel Mitchell & 1 moreGFWoburn Sands · 4 miGerald French
Houghton Conquest · 6 miStuart SinclairQuestions about famous people from Cranfield
Who is the most famous person from Cranfield?
Michael Cronin (British actor, screenwriter, and author) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Peter Taylor and George Lawton.
How many famous people were born in Cranfield?
3 people born in Cranfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cranfield known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cranfield?
George Lawton, born in 1607. The youngest on the list was born in 1942.
Who counts as from Cranfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cranfield’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 (5)
- Gordon Moakes: Tom dl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Babbington: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Tylecote: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Mitchell: Victoria Cross Reference, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Sinclair: CLEMENATOR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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