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Famous people · Burghfield, Berkshire
2 famous people were born in Burghfield from 1500 to 1893
At the top of the list is the cricketer Geoffrey Chance, covered in 4 languages. The other is John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame, the tudor administrator. The nearest list is in Reading, 4 mi away: 387 names, starting with Kate Winslet. Geoffrey Chance was born in 1893.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Geoffrey Chance
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1500
John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame
Youngest
1893
Geoffrey Chance
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Burghfield
#2Politics & Law
John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame
1500–1559Tudor administrator
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Known for
What Burghfield is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Burghfield, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Burghfield
Who is the most famous person from Burghfield?
Geoffrey Chance (cricketer (1893-1987)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame.
How many famous people were born in Burghfield?
2 people born in Burghfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Burghfield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Burghfield?
John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame, born in 1500. The youngest on the list was born in 1893.
Who counts as from Burghfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Burghfield’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)
- John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame: Poliphilo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Winslet: Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick: John Rous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tracy Edwards: TMF95, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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