#1Famous people · Bracknell, Berkshire
Leaders stand out among the 19 famous people born in Bracknell
The best known is the British actress Millie Brady, with articles in 18 languages. The largest group, 9, was born since 1970. William Trumbull, born in 1639, is the earliest name and Kees Sims, born in 2003, the latest. For its size the list is short: 2.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.9 in the typical Berkshire town.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Millie Brady
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1639
William Trumbull
Youngest
2003
Kees Sims
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Bracknell’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bracknell is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bracknell’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryFilm, TV & StageNotableMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bracknell
By how many languages cover them, Millie Brady comes first (18), then Jake Cooper (12) and Kees Sims (10).
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#2Sports
Jake Cooper
born 1995English association football player, born 1995
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Bracknell
A further 16 follow, born between 1639 and 1987.
Stephen Lushington
1782–1873British judge and Member of Parliament (1782-1873)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
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Wokingham · 4 miNicholas Hoult & 39 more
Crowthorne · 3 miFreeman Dyson & 9 more
Sandhurst · 4 miWilliam Patterson & 6 moreJSBinfield · 2 miJames Henry Savory & 3 moreLBBagshot · 4 miLynn Barber
Hurst · 5 miJohn Vere HopgoodQuestions about famous people from Bracknell
Who is the most famous person from Bracknell?
Millie Brady (British actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Jake Cooper and Kees Sims.
How many famous people were born in Bracknell?
19 people born in Bracknell have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 25 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bracknell known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 19. That is 53% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bracknell?
William Trumbull, born in 1639. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Bracknell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bracknell’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 (13)
- Millie Brady: HeyUGuys at http://HeyUGuys.com, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Cooper: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Lushington: William Holman Hunt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Cullip: Struway, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Fielden: Beeby G B (LAC): RAF Tempsford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Trumbull: George Vertue, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Mansfield: Royal Navy official photographer, Tomlin, H W (Lt), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camilla Luddington: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Robinson: W. Punt for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Hoult: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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