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Writing & Arts
Colin Welch
1924–1997English political journalist (1924–1997)
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Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ickleton, Cambridgeshire
Colin Welch, born in 1924, is Ickleton’s famous person on record
Colin Welch, the English political journalist, was born in 1924. That places their birth in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 5 languages. Of its neighbours, Saffron Walden, 5 mi away, lists the most: 24, William Strachey first.
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notable people
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Colin Welch
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1924
Colin Welch
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Ickleton
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Saffron Walden leads the towns around it, with 24 names.
WSSaffron Walden · 5 miWilliam Strachey & 23 more
Sawston · 4 miMichael Birch & 4 morePPGreat Shelford and Stapleford · 6 miPhilippa Pearce & 4 more
Harston · 6 miJohn Wallace Fuller & 1 more
Great Chesterford · 1 miWalter PymLPWhittlesford · 3 miLeopold ParsDFLinton · 5 miDavid FaireyNSFoxton · 6 miNick Samaras
Sawston · 4 miMichael Birch & 4 morePPGreat Shelford and Stapleford · 6 miPhilippa Pearce & 4 moreHarston · 6 miJohn Wallace Fuller & 1 moreGreat Chesterford · 1 miWalter PymLPWhittlesford · 3 miLeopold ParsDFLinton · 5 miDavid FaireyNSFoxton · 6 miNick SamarasQuestions about famous people from Ickleton
Who is the most famous person from Ickleton?
Colin Welch (English political journalist (1924–1997)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ickleton?
1 people born in Ickleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ickleton 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 Ickleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ickleton’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)
- Michael Birch: mickbirch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wallace Fuller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Pym: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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