#1Famous people · Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
15 famous people from Bletchley, many of them musicians
Articles in 23 languages make the British athlete Derek Redmond the best known. In the 20th century, 9 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Thomas Lake Harris’, in 1823, and the last Mark Osborn’s, in 1981. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3.3, close to the 2.3 of the typical Buckinghamshire town.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Derek Redmond
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
Thomas Lake Harris
Youngest
1981
Mark Osborn
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Bletchley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bletchley is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 5.2 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bletchley’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageFaithPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bletchley
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Bletchley
Of the other 12, 4 are musicians.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Milton Keynes lists the most people: 62.
Milton Keynes · 3 miDele Alli & 61 more
Newport Pagnell · 6 miGordon Moakes & 18 moreDRLeighton Buzzard · 6 miDerek Reid & 13 more
Aspley Guise · 5 miSamuel Mitchell & 1 moreHPWing · 6 miHarry Pitchford & 1 moreJDWinslow · 7 miJoseph Dandridge & 1 moreGFWoburn Sands · 4 miGerald French
Stewkley · 4 miAl MurrayQuestions about famous people from Bletchley
Who is the most famous person from Bletchley?
Derek Redmond (British athlete) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 23 languages. Next come Robert Douglas and Mark Lathwell.
How many famous people were born in Bletchley?
15 people born in Bletchley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 17 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bletchley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 15. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bletchley?
Thomas Lake Harris, born in 1823. The youngest on the list was born in 1981.
Who counts as from Bletchley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bletchley’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 (9)
- Derek Redmond: Parliament Speakers Limited, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Douglas: trailer screenshot (MGM), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Ficek: Leila, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Lake Harris: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Herrick: Yesser, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dele Alli: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Moakes: Tom dl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Mitchell: Victoria Cross Reference, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Murray: Isabelle Adam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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