#1Writing & Arts
Kevin Crossley-Holland
born 1941English writer and translator (born 1941)
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Famous people · Mursley, Buckinghamshire
Kevin Crossley-Holland is the only name on the Mursley list
Kevin Crossley-Holland, the English writer and translator, was born in 1941. That places their birth in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 13 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Milton Keynes, 6 mi away: 62, led by Dele Alli.
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Kevin Crossley-Holland
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1941
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Mursley
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Milton Keynes, at 62.
Questions about famous people from Mursley
Who is the most famous person from Mursley?
Kevin Crossley-Holland (English writer and translator (born 1941)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages.
How many famous people were born in Mursley?
1 people born in Mursley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Mursley known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Mursley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mursley’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 (4)
- Kevin Crossley-Holland: Mjosefsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dele Alli: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Redmond: Parliament Speakers Limited, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Murray: Isabelle Adam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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