#1Famous people · Thursby, Cumbria
2 famous people call Thursby their birthplace
Most widely known is Thomas Bouch, the railway engineer, with articles in 6 languages. The list has one more: the British engineer William Bouch. A short trip away, Carlisle (6 mi) counts 198 famous people, Grant Holt among them. The first birth on record is William Bouch’s, in 1813, and the last Thomas Bouch’s, in 1822.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Thomas Bouch
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1813
William Bouch
Youngest
1822
Thomas Bouch
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Thursby
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Science & Medicine
William Bouch
1813–1876British engineer (1813–1876)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Carlisle has the longest list next door: 198.
Questions about famous people from Thursby
Who is the most famous person from Thursby?
Thomas Bouch (railway engineer (1822-1880)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come William Bouch.
How many famous people were born in Thursby?
2 people born in Thursby have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Thursby known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Thursby?
William Bouch, born in 1813. The youngest on the list was born in 1822.
Who counts as from Thursby?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Thursby’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)
- Thomas Bouch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Holt: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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