#1Famous people · Pangbourne, Berkshire
From 1811 to 1962, Pangbourne was the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the British yacht racer Tracy Edwards, with articles in 6 languages. John Maddison Morton and Peter Thomas follow. The list’s best known name, Tracy Edwards, dates from 1962. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Tracy Edwards
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
John Maddison Morton
Youngest
1962
Tracy Edwards
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Pangbourne
Three names lead: Tracy Edwards (6 languages), John Maddison Morton (4) and Peter Thomas (3).
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Through the years
When Pangbourne’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pangbourne is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pangbourne
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Reading lists the most people: 387.
Questions about famous people from Pangbourne
Who is the most famous person from Pangbourne?
Tracy Edwards (British yacht racer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come John Maddison Morton and Peter Thomas.
How many famous people were born in Pangbourne?
4 people born in Pangbourne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Pangbourne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pangbourne?
John Maddison Morton, born in 1811. The youngest on the list was born in 1962.
Who counts as from Pangbourne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pangbourne’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)
- Tracy Edwards: TMF95, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Jethro Tull: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nassau William Senior: Original uploader was user:Milneg at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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