#1Famous people · Brill, Buckinghamshire
2 famous people come from Brill, Mick Pointer the best known
At the top of the list is the British drummer Mick Pointer, covered in 12 languages. Thomas Edwards is the only other name on the list. The oldest name on the list belongs to Thomas Edwards, born in 1863, the newest to Mick Pointer, born in 1956. Of its neighbours, Bicester, 7 mi away, lists the most: 21, Kieran Bird first.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Mick Pointer
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Thomas Edwards
Youngest
1956
Mick Pointer
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Brill
#1#2Military
Thomas Edwards
1863–1952English soldier (1863–1953); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Known for
What Brill is known for
The field with the most names is Music: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Bicester has the most on record: 21.
Questions about famous people from Brill
Who is the most famous person from Brill?
Mick Pointer (British drummer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Thomas Edwards.
How many famous people were born in Brill?
2 people born in Brill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brill known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brill?
Thomas Edwards, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
Who counts as from Brill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brill’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)
- Mick Pointer: Igor Stawiarski, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Edwards: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kieran Bird: National Lottery Good Causes, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Figg: John Faber Jr, after John Ellys, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doreen Carwithen: Photo by Alec Davison., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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