#1Famous people · Wokingham, Berkshire
Of the 40 famous people born in Wokingham, an unusual share are leaders
Most widely known is Nicholas Hoult, the English actor, with articles in 77 languages. Second place goes to the British singer Will Young, third to Daniel Howell. More than half were born in the 20th century, 21 in all. The list is still growing: 13 were born since 1970.
Born here
40
notable people
Best known
Nicholas Hoult
in 77 Wikipedia languages
First
1517
Thomas Godwin
Youngest
1999
Abigail Holden
Most common field
Sports
18 people
What stands out about Wokingham’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Wokingham
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Daniel Howell
born 1991English YouTuber, radio personality, and writer
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Through the years
When Wokingham’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 6.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryScience & MedicineMusicFaithNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wokingham is known for
Wokingham has 2.1× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wokingham
The other 37 span the years 1517 to 1999.
Michael Tomlinson
born 1977British politician and Conservative MP (born 1977)
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Chris Townsend
born 1972English educator and former first-class cricketer (born 1972)
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Brian Trowell
1931–2015British university teacher and musicologist (1931-2015)
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Bracknell counts 19 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Wokingham
Who is the most famous person from Wokingham?
Nicholas Hoult (English actor (born 1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 77 languages. Next come Will Young and Daniel Howell.
How many famous people were born in Wokingham?
40 people born in Wokingham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 48 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Wokingham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 18 of the 40. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wokingham?
Thomas Godwin, born in 1517. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Wokingham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wokingham’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 (21)
- Nicholas Hoult: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Young: The original uploader was Stephenjamesx at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Howell: Gretchen @pjsforestkid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Smith: No machine-readable author provided. Kaihsu assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Tomlinson: Michael Tomlinson's Office, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Baldwin: Northmetpit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Lewington: Sayuncle at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abigail Holden: Nardisoero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Snelgrove: Chris O'Brien, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul New: Sclarke73, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Swallow: ©House of Commons / Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Godwin: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Churchill: Matthew Churchill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle de Bruin: Thomas Greenough, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lino Carbosiero: Timchilestone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Millie Brady: HeyUGuys at http://HeyUGuys.com, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Freeman Dyson: ioerror, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Patterson: Credit: "From photo by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Boys: User:AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Vere Hopgood: Hopgood family member (deceased), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Ottaway: Dean Calma / IAEA. Part of the IAEA Imagebank., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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