#1Famous people · Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
One famous person was born in Gamlingay
The British actor Jeremy Irvine was born in 1990. Articles about them exist in 35 languages. Within 5 mi, Biggleswade lists the most: 15, with Dan Albone first. In Cambridgeshire, 56 towns have someone on the list.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Jeremy Irvine
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1990
Jeremy Irvine
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Gamlingay
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Biggleswade, at 15.
Questions about famous people from Gamlingay
Who is the most famous person from Gamlingay?
Jeremy Irvine (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 35 languages.
How many famous people were born in Gamlingay?
1 people born in Gamlingay have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Gamlingay known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Gamlingay?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gamlingay’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)
- Jeremy Irvine: Craig Grobler (Flickr account) at www.theestablishingshot.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Albone: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Hennessy: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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