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Photo: Mr Biz · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire
2 famous people call Swanbourne their birthplace
Most widely known is Derek Bonham, the British industrialist, with an article in one language. The other is Margaret Jennings, the British scientist. A short trip away, Bletchley (5 mi) counts 15 famous people, Derek Redmond among them. The earliest on the list is Margaret Jennings, born in 1904, and the youngest Derek Bonham, born in 1943.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Derek Bonham
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Margaret Jennings
Youngest
1943
Derek Bonham
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Swanbourne
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Known for
What Swanbourne is known for
Business people are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
The longest list nearby is Bletchley’s, with 15.
Questions about famous people from Swanbourne
Who is the most famous person from Swanbourne?
Derek Bonham (British industrialist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come Margaret Jennings.
How many famous people were born in Swanbourne?
2 people born in Swanbourne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Swanbourne known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Swanbourne?
Margaret Jennings, born in 1904. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
Who counts as from Swanbourne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Swanbourne’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 (2)
- 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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