#1Music
Doreen Carwithen
1922–2003British composer of classical and film music (1922–2003)
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Famous people · Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
2 famous people come from Haddenham, Doreen Carwithen the best known
Articles in 11 languages make the British composer of classical and film music Doreen Carwithen the best known. The list has one more: the Australian soccer referee Steven Gregory. Aylesbury, 6 mi away, has 103 on its list, the best known Andrea Leadsom. Over 61 years of births, the list goes from Doreen Carwithen (1922) to Steven Gregory (1983).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Doreen Carwithen
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Doreen Carwithen
Youngest
1983
Steven Gregory
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Haddenham
#1#2Known for
What Haddenham 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.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Aylesbury · 6 miAndrea Leadsom & 102 more
Thame · 3 miJames Figg & 10 more
Stoke Mandeville · 6 miJames Roberts & 2 moreESPrinces Risborough · 5 miEdward Stone & 1 moreRDBierton · 7 miRichard John Durley & 1 more
Chinnor · 5 miAdam ClaytonPEWaddesdon · 5 miPhilip Michael EllisHWQuainton · 7 miHilda Mary WoodsQuestions about famous people from Haddenham
Who is the most famous person from Haddenham?
Doreen Carwithen (British composer of classical and film music (1922–2003)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Steven Gregory.
How many famous people were born in Haddenham?
2 people born in Haddenham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Haddenham 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 Haddenham?
Doreen Carwithen, born in 1922. The youngest on the list was born in 1983.
Who counts as from Haddenham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Haddenham’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 (6)
- Doreen Carwithen: Photo by Alec Davison., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Gregory: ChrisTheDude (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrea Leadsom: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Figg: John Faber Jr, after John Ellys, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Roberts: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Clayton: U2_@_Scott_Stadium_2.jpg: John Athayde derivative work: Y2kcrazyjoker4, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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