#1Famous people · Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 45 famous people born in Cirencester
Cozy Powell, the British rock drummer, is the most widely known, written about in 35 languages. The next two names are David Hemery and Kate Fleetwood. The largest group, 18, was born in the 20th century. Fewer than a quarter of the 73 towns in Gloucestershire with famous people list more.
Born here
45
notable people
Best known
Cozy Powell
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1401
Thomas Ruthall
Youngest
1991
Jake Lee
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Cirencester’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cirencester is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Cirencester
Cozy Powell has articles in 35 languages, David Hemery in 27 and Kate Fleetwood in 15.
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When Cirencester’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicMilitaryFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cirencester
Of the other 42, 12 are athletes.
Sydney Savory Buckman
1860–1929British geologist and palaeontologist (1860–1929)
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Oswald Allen Harker
1886–1968Acting Director General of MI5 from 1940 to 1941.
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Alfred Brown
1834–1920English-born South African palaeontologist, archaeologist and naturalist
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Tetbury has the longest list next door: 11.
Questions about famous people from Cirencester
Who is the most famous person from Cirencester?
Cozy Powell (British rock drummer (1947–1998)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 35 languages. Next come David Hemery and Kate Fleetwood.
How many famous people were born in Cirencester?
45 people born in Cirencester have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 55 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cirencester known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 45. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cirencester?
Thomas Ruthall, born in 1401. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Cirencester?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cirencester’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 (20)
- Cozy Powell: Geffen Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Hemery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Fleetwood: Kit Nicho, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet: Engraver Charles Turner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caleb Hillier Parry: Philip Audinet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sydney Savory Buckman: Micktherocktapper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Burnett-Stuart: Mapham J (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quentin Letts: Flickr user Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sebastian Bach Mills: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Clarkin: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Cooper: MTV UK, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Goad: Joost Evers / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Bowly: Benjamin Haydon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Phillips: Antonisse, Marcel / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Trollope: Dreamspy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Eleanor Hadow: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Thomas: Unknown authorUnknown author The author has signed the engraving, but the name is illegible, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Desmond Morris: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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