#1Writing & Arts
Samuel Rayner
1806–1879English landscape artist (1806-1879)
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Famous people · Colnbrook, Berkshire
Samuel Rayner tops a list of 3 famous people born in Colnbrook
Most widely known is Samuel Rayner, the English landscape artist, with articles in 16 languages. Behind the leader come William Bernhardt Tegetmeier and Joseph Jenckes Jr.. John Frederick William Herschel heads the list in Slough, 4 mi away, which has 132 names. Births span 1628 to 1816, from Joseph Jenckes Jr. to William Bernhardt Tegetmeier.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Samuel Rayner
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1628
Joseph Jenckes Jr.
Youngest
1816
William Bernhardt Tegetmeier
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Colnbrook
Languages with an article: 16 for Samuel Rayner, 8 for William Bernhardt Tegetmeier, 1 for Joseph Jenckes Jr..
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#2Science & Medicine
William Bernhardt Tegetmeier
1816–1912British naturalist (1816–1912)
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JJ#3
Business
Joseph Jenckes Jr.
1628–1716Founder of Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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Known for
What Colnbrook is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
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
Close by, Slough counts 132 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Slough · 4 miJohn Frederick William Herschel & 131 moreHFStaines-upon-Thames · 4 miHarry Freeman & 33 more
Eton · 4 miWilliam Oughtred & 31 moreMWEgham · 4 miMary Wesley & 13 moreJHIver · 3 miJulian Haviland & 6 moreGMOld Windsor and Wraysbury · 3 miGeraldine McEwan & 6 moreBTDatchet · 2 miBruce Tulloh & 5 more
Iver Heath · 4 miPrince Michael of KentQuestions about famous people from Colnbrook
Who is the most famous person from Colnbrook?
Samuel Rayner (English landscape artist (1806-1879)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come William Bernhardt Tegetmeier and Joseph Jenckes Jr..
How many famous people were born in Colnbrook?
3 people born in Colnbrook have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Colnbrook known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Colnbrook?
Joseph Jenckes Jr., born in 1628. The youngest on the list was born in 1816.
Who counts as from Colnbrook?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Colnbrook’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)
- Samuel Rayner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Bernhardt Tegetmeier: Ernest Gustave Girardot (1840–1904), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Frederick William Herschel: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Oughtred: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince Michael of Kent: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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