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Famous people · Binfield, Berkshire
4 famous people were born in Binfield
Most widely known is James Henry Savory, the cricketer, with articles in 3 languages. Arthur C. A. Hall, the bishop of Vermont, comes second, with Everard Hardman-Jones third. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all. From Arthur C. A. Hall to Linda Whetstone, the births on the list run from 1847 to 1942.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
James Henry Savory
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
Arthur C. A. Hall
Youngest
1942
Linda Whetstone
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Binfield
First, James Henry Savory (3 languages), then Arthur C. A. Hall (2) and Everard Hardman-Jones (1).
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Through the years
When Binfield’s famous people were born
Most were born in the Victorian era (3); the busiest decade is the 1850s (1).
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Binfield is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Binfield
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Ascot leads the towns around it, with 45 names.
Questions about famous people from Binfield
Who is the most famous person from Binfield?
James Henry Savory (cricketer (1855-1903)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Arthur C. A. Hall and Everard Hardman-Jones.
How many famous people were born in Binfield?
4 people born in Binfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Binfield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Binfield?
Arthur C. A. Hall, born in 1847. The youngest on the list was born in 1942.
Who counts as from Binfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Binfield’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 (7)
- Arthur C. A. Hall: Churchman Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camilla Luddington: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Hoult: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Millie Brady: HeyUGuys at http://HeyUGuys.com, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Freeman Dyson: ioerror, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Patterson: Credit: "From photo by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Vere Hopgood: Hopgood family member (deceased), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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