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John McAfee
1945–2021British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
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Famous people · Cinderford, Gloucestershire
6 famous people come from Cinderford, John McAfee the best known
John McAfee, the British-American programmer and businessman, is the most widely known, written about in 44 languages. In the 20th century, 4 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1884, Frederic Watts is the first name on record, and Gerald Davies, born in 1949, the most recent. The list comes to 6.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.5 in the typical town in Gloucestershire.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
John McAfee
in 44 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Frederic Watts
Youngest
1949
Gerald Davies
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Cinderford’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Cinderford
Languages with an article: 44 for John McAfee, 9 for Jimmy Young, 4 for Gerald Davies.
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Through the years
When Cinderford’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cinderford is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cinderford
Still to come: 3 more, from 1884 to 1925.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Coleford leads the towns around it, with 9 names.
Questions about famous people from Cinderford
Who is the most famous person from Cinderford?
John McAfee (British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 44 languages. Next come Jimmy Young and Gerald Davies.
How many famous people were born in Cinderford?
6 people born in Cinderford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cinderford known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cinderford?
Frederic Watts, born in 1884. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Cinderford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cinderford’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 (4)
- John McAfee: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Howitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Barling: Lafayette Ltd., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muriel Powell: Dame Muriel Powell by Godfrey Argent, bromide print, 25 November 1969 Commissioned, 1969, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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