#1Science & Medicine
Freeman Dyson
1923–2020Theoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020)
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Famous people · Crowthorne, Berkshire
Crowthorne counts 10 famous people, first among them Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson, the theoretical physicist and mathematician, is the most widely known, written about in 74 languages. Close behind are A. C. Benson and Bim Afolami. In the 20th century, 5 were born, the most of any period. Over 134 years of births, the list goes from A. C. Benson (1862) to Max Stedman (1996).
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Freeman Dyson
in 74 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
A. C. Benson
Youngest
1996
Max Stedman
Most common field
Science & Medicine
3 people
What stands out about Crowthorne’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Crowthorne
By how many languages cover them, Freeman Dyson comes first (74), then A. C. Benson (22) and Bim Afolami (8).
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#2Writing & Arts
A. C. Benson
1862–1925English essayist and poet, 1862–1925 (1862–1925)
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#3Through the years
When Crowthorne’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1920s come out on top, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Crowthorne is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 4.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Crowthorne
7 more, best known first.
Olive Selden Attride Tattersall
1890–1978British carcinologist (1890-1978)
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Norman Joseph William Thrower
1919–2020British-born American geographer and historian of cartography (1919-2020)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Camberley lists the most people: 42.
Questions about famous people from Crowthorne
Who is the most famous person from Crowthorne?
Freeman Dyson (theoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 74 languages. Next come A. C. Benson and Bim Afolami.
How many famous people were born in Crowthorne?
10 people born in Crowthorne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Crowthorne known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Crowthorne?
A. C. Benson, born in 1862. The youngest on the list was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Crowthorne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Crowthorne’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 (9)
- Freeman Dyson: ioerror, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- A. C. Benson: Allen Hastings Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bim Afolami: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vernon Barford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Robinson: W. Punt for Anefo, CC0, 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
- William Patterson: Credit: "From photo by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Boys: User:AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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