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Famous people · Dursley, Gloucestershire
Most of the 9 famous people born in Dursley came into the world in the 20th century
Most widely known is Dave Bruton, the professional footballer, with articles in 5 languages. Behind the leader come Dick King and Edward Foxe. Per head, the list is long: 11.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Gloucestershire has 2.5. The first birth on record is Edward Foxe’s, in 1496, and the last Nicholas Wapshott’s, in 1952.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Dave Bruton
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1496
Edward Foxe
Youngest
1952
Nicholas Wapshott
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Dursley
First, Dave Bruton (5 languages), then Dick King (4) and Edward Foxe (4).
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Through the years
When Dursley’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 2.
SportsBusinessFaithWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dursley is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dursley
6 more names, born between 1850 and 1952.
Don Llewellyn
1919–2004New Zealand scientist and university administrator (1919-2004)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Berkeley has the most on record, with 14.
Berkeley · 5 miEdward Jenner & 13 more
Stonehouse · 5 miCharles Wilkins & 3 moreJSWotton-under-Edge · 3 miJamie Stephens & 2 more
Cam · 1 miFalconer Madan & 1 more
Kingswood · 4 miLarissa Wilson & 1 more
Nailsworth · 5 miJoseph Edkins & 1 more
Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley · 4 miSir Charles Murray Marling
Eastington · 5 miCharles CowleyQuestions about famous people from Dursley
Who is the most famous person from Dursley?
Dave Bruton (professional footballer (born 1952)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Dick King and Edward Foxe.
How many famous people were born in Dursley?
9 people born in Dursley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dursley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dursley?
Edward Foxe, born in 1496. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
Who counts as from Dursley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dursley’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 (9)
- Dick King: "The Bower Studio" Durban, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor: William Edwards Miller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Jenner: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wilkins: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Falconer Madan: Artist Percy Bigland (1858–1926), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larissa Wilson: Erik Jensen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Edkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Charles Murray Marling: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Cowley: Charles Cowley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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