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William Churchill
1840–1907English cricketer and barrister (1840-1907)
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Photo: PaleCloudedWhite · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Winterborne Stickland, Dorset
William Churchill, born in 1840, is Winterborne Stickland’s famous person on record
The English cricketer and barrister William Churchill was born in 1840. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. For more famous names, Blandford Forum is 4 mi away: its list has 23, led by Frederick Abberline.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Blandford Forum has the most on record: 23.
Questions about famous people from Winterborne Stickland
Who is the most famous person from Winterborne Stickland?
William Churchill (English cricketer and barrister (1840-1907)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Winterborne Stickland?
1 people born in Winterborne Stickland have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Winterborne Stickland known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Winterborne Stickland?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Winterborne Stickland’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)
- Frederick Abberline: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Morton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Frampton: Robert More, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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