AK#1
Famous people · Thatcham, Berkshire
6 famous people were born in Thatcham from 1690 to 1990
Andy King, the English footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Alex Wall and John Hore. 3 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. For its size the list is short: 2.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.9 in the typical Berkshire town.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Andy King
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1690
John Hore
Youngest
1990
Alex Wall
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Thatcham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Thatcham’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsScience & MedicineMilitaryMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Thatcham
Andy King, Alex Wall and John Hore are written about in 4, 3 and 3 languages.
AW#2
Sports
Alex Wall
born 1990English association football player (born 1990)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JH#3
Known for
What Thatcham is known for
3 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Thatcham
Still to come: 3 more, from 1820 to 1984.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Thatcham
Who is the most famous person from Thatcham?
Andy King (English footballer (born 1970)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Alex Wall and John Hore.
How many famous people were born in Thatcham?
6 people born in Thatcham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Thatcham 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 Thatcham?
John Hore, born in 1690. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Thatcham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Thatcham’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 (7)
- William John House: Dee, Reading (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lockey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Adams: AndrewRH, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Spence: George Vertue, after Isaac Whood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auberon Herbert: Frederick Hollyer, 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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