#1Science & Medicine
John Frederick William Herschel
1792–1871English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)
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Famous people · Slough, Berkshire
John Frederick William Herschel leads the 132 famous people born in Slough
John Frederick William Herschel has articles in 88 languages. The British actress Tracey Ullman ranks second, ahead of Armando Broja. The largest group, 68, was born since 1970. Among the 43 towns in Berkshire with famous people on record, the town ranks 2nd.
Born here
132
notable people
Best known
John Frederick William Herschel
in 88 Wikipedia languages
First
1792
John Frederick William Herschel
Youngest
2013
Sara Sharif
Most common field
Sports
79 people
What stands out about Slough’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Slough
Three names lead: John Frederick William Herschel (88 languages), Tracey Ullman (41) and Armando Broja (38).
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#3Sports
Armando Broja
born 2001Albanian-English association football player
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Through the years
When Slough’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 30.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & LawNotableBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Slough is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 1.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Slough
129 more, best known first.
Marian McPartland
1918–2013British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013)
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Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet
1833–1917British forensic scientist (1833-1917)
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Anjana Khatwa
born 1975Scientist and presenter (researcher 0000-0003-2814-7023)
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William Thomas Thornton
1813–1880British economist, civil servant and author (1813-1880)
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Arthur C. Forbes
1866–1950Anglo-Irish forester and civil servant (1866-1950)
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Godfrey Brown (Hawaii)
1838–1928Diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs under King Kalākaua and Minister of Finance and under both Kalākaua and Liliʻuokalani
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Eton lists the most people: 32.
Eton · 2 miWilliam Oughtred & 31 more
Windsor · 3 miEdward III of England & 28 moreJHIver · 4 miJulian Haviland & 6 moreGMOld Windsor and Wraysbury · 4 miGeraldine McEwan & 6 moreBTDatchet · 2 miBruce Tulloh & 5 more
Colnbrook · 4 miSamuel Rayner & 2 moreVAFarnham Common and Farnham Royal · 3 miVic Armstrong & 1 moreGLEton Wick · 2 miGary LovedayQuestions about famous people from Slough
Who is the most famous person from Slough?
John Frederick William Herschel (English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 88 languages. Next come Tracey Ullman and Armando Broja.
How many famous people were born in Slough?
132 people born in Slough have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 159 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Slough known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 79 of the 132. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Slough?
John Frederick William Herschel, born in 1792. The youngest on the list was born in 2013.
Who counts as from Slough?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Slough’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 (54)
- John Frederick William Herschel: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Armando Broja: @cfcunofficial (Chelsea Debs) London from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matty Cash: Nottingham Forest F.C., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fiona May: This image has been extracted from another file, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Hall: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian McDermott: Jake from Manchester, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marian McPartland: Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Evans: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry Ingram: German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amelie Morgan: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Youth: Tuomas Vitikainen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Surridge: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Hayward: World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph George Hawtrey: azqoutes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet: Виктор Шмаков Original uploader was Shmakov at ru.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordi Osei-Tutu: Silesia711, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Willis: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Knill: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingythewingy/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Axcil Jefferies: Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke O'Neill: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harnaam Kaur: Mr Elbank, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Viv Busby: Original uploader was Dashwortley at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abigail Dow: Original: Stefano Delfrate; Derivative work: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Clifford: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Wade: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark McGuinness: Irish Football Fan TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Shaw: FCNYsoccer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tan Dhesi: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Aldin: Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jayden Meghoma: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Allen: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Conley: Nick Webb from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd Owusu: Camw, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas George Tucker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anjana Khatwa: South West Coast Path, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Thorne: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Brabham: Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Kumar: Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Randall: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenton Cool: Jazz Cool, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ajeet Dale: Dave Morton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fi Glover: Howard Lake from Colchester, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Marks: Aristotle2022, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Johnson: Financial Times, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Bowyer: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vivian Stannett: Trevor.royce, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lacey: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Godfrey Brown (Hawaii): Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Iain Lee: Byrion., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Simpson: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Tricks: Magicmantv, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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