Famous people born near Dunfield
Just 8 mi away, Swindon’s list holds 182 names, Billie Piper the best known. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Dunfield. Cheltenham’s 264 names make the longest list in Gloucestershire. After Cheltenham, the next longest list in Gloucestershire is Gloucester’s, with 215.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Dunfield’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Dunfield yet.
Famous people born near Dunfield
Swindon leads the towns around it, with 182 names.
Swindon · 8 miBillie Piper & 181 more
Cirencester · 9 miCozy Powell & 44 moreWAHighworth · 4 miWilliam Joscelyn Arkell & 8 more
Faringdon · 8 miCharles Lapworth & 7 moreWECricklade · 5 miWill Evans & 1 more
Stratton St Margaret · 8 miWilliam Carpenter & 1 more
Shrivenham and Watchfield · 8 miShute Barrington & 1 moreTPLechlade-on-Thames · 3 miThomas PrenceQuestions about famous people from Dunfield
Who counts as from Dunfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dunfield’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 (5)
- Billie Piper: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cozy Powell: Geffen Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lapworth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Carpenter: uncertain (attributed to Townsend Duryea but timeline does not match Carpenter's career), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shute Barrington: Contemporary portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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