#1Famous people · Dunstable, Bedfordshire
Dunstable’s famous people span 731 years: 14 births from 1260 to 1991
Most widely known is Badly Drawn Boy, the British singer-songwriter, with articles in 15 languages. The British musician Nikki Iles ranks second, ahead of Michael Kilby. 5 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Badly Drawn Boy
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1260
William Inge
Youngest
1991
Rob Keogh
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Dunstable’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dunstable’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dunstable
Musicians take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Dunstable is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dunstable
11 more, 6 of them athletes.
Thomas W. Bagshawe
1901–1976British explorer, museum curator and folklorist
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Luton, with 223.
Questions about famous people from Dunstable
Who is the most famous person from Dunstable?
Badly Drawn Boy (British singer-songwriter) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Nikki Iles and Michael Kilby.
How many famous people were born in Dunstable?
14 people born in Dunstable have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Dunstable known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 14. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dunstable?
William Inge, born in 1260. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Dunstable?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dunstable’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 (6)
- Badly Drawn Boy: Yummifruitbat, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Nikki Iles: Richard Kaby, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Keogh: Kyle Andrews, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Glover: en:Moses Glover, 1601 - ca. 1640, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Inge: Newm30, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Henry Neumann: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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