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Photo: Darren Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Eton Wick, Berkshire
Eton Wick has one famous person on record
Gary Loveday, the English cricketer, was born in 1964. Their birth falls in the 20th century. 2 languages have an article about them. For more famous names, Slough is 2 mi away: its list has 132, led by John Frederick William Herschel.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Gary Loveday
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1964
Gary Loveday
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Eton Wick
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Slough counts 132 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Slough · 2 miJohn Frederick William Herschel & 131 more
Maidenhead · 4 miHugh Lofting & 51 more
Eton · 1 miWilliam Oughtred & 31 more
Windsor · 1 miEdward III of England & 28 moreGMOld Windsor and Wraysbury · 4 miGeraldine McEwan & 6 moreBTDatchet · 3 miBruce Tulloh & 5 more
Colnbrook · 5 miSamuel Rayner & 2 moreVAFarnham Common and Farnham Royal · 4 miVic Armstrong & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Eton Wick
Who is the most famous person from Eton Wick?
Gary Loveday (English cricketer (born 1964)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Eton Wick?
1 people born in Eton Wick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Eton Wick known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Eton Wick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Eton Wick’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)
- John Frederick William Herschel: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Lofting: Unknown (Before 1925) Depicts Hugh Lofting (1886-1947), 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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