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Photo: Peter S · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire
Fenstanton’s famous people span 302 years: 2 births from 1591 to 1893
John Howland, the passenger on the Mayflower, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The only other name is the British politician Colin Coote. Nearby, St Ives, 3 mi away, lists 11, led by John Ruddy. The list’s best known name, John Howland, dates from 1591.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
John Howland
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1591
John Howland
Youngest
1893
Colin Coote
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Fenstanton
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Known for
What Fenstanton is known for
The field with the most names is Science & Medicine: 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
The most names next door are in St Ives: 11.
Questions about famous people from Fenstanton
Who is the most famous person from Fenstanton?
John Howland (passenger on the Mayflower) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Colin Coote.
How many famous people were born in Fenstanton?
2 people born in Fenstanton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fenstanton known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fenstanton?
John Howland, born in 1591. The youngest on the list was born in 1893.
Who counts as from Fenstanton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fenstanton’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 (3)
- John Ruddy: NCFCQ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Beach Thomas: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Hamilton, 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon: Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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