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Photo: James Emmans · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Datchet, Berkshire
6 famous people were born in Datchet from 1807 to 1945
Most widely known is Bruce Tulloh, the British athlete, with articles in 14 languages. The largest group, 4, was born in the 20th century. Bruce Tulloh was born in 1935. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Bruce Tulloh
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1807
George Buckley-Mathew
Youngest
1945
Graham Cottrell
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Datchet
Languages with an article: 14 for Bruce Tulloh, 6 for Ron Crisp, 3 for Claude Goodman Johnson.
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Business
Claude Goodman Johnson
1864–1926British businessman and Managing Director of Rolls-Royce Ltd.
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Through the years
When Datchet’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsBusinessMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Datchet is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Datchet
The other 3 span the years 1807 to 1945.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Slough · 2 miJohn Frederick William Herschel & 131 more
Eton · 2 miWilliam Oughtred & 31 more
Windsor · 3 miEdward III of England & 28 moreMWEgham · 4 miMary Wesley & 13 moreGMOld Windsor and Wraysbury · 2 miGeraldine McEwan & 6 moreJHIver · 4 miJulian Haviland & 6 more
Colnbrook · 2 miSamuel Rayner & 2 moreGLEton Wick · 3 miGary LovedayQuestions about famous people from Datchet
Who is the most famous person from Datchet?
Bruce Tulloh (British athlete (1935–2018)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Ron Crisp and Claude Goodman Johnson.
How many famous people were born in Datchet?
6 people born in Datchet have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Datchet known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Datchet?
George Buckley-Mathew, born in 1807. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Datchet?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Datchet’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 Frederick William Herschel: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Oughtred: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward III of England: TheAncientHistorian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Rayner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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