#1Famous people · Eastington, Gloucestershire
Eastington has just one famous person to its name: Charles Cowley
In 1832, the American attorney Charles Cowley was born. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. 2 languages have an article about them. Within 4 mi, Stroud lists the most: 55, with Martin Evans first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Charles Cowley
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
Charles Cowley
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Eastington
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Stroud has the most on record, with 55.
Stroud · 4 miMartin Evans & 54 moreDBDursley · 5 miDave Bruton & 8 more
Painswick · 6 miHugh Algernon Weddell & 4 more
Stonehouse · 2 miCharles Wilkins & 3 more
Cam · 4 miFalconer Madan & 1 more
Nailsworth · 5 miJoseph Edkins & 1 more
Quedgeley and Hardwicke · 5 miScott Redding & 1 more
Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley · 2 miSir Charles Murray MarlingQuestions about famous people from Eastington
Who is the most famous person from Eastington?
Charles Cowley (American attorney) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Eastington?
1 people born in Eastington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Eastington known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Eastington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Eastington’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 (8)
- Charles Cowley: Charles Cowley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Evans: Cardiff University, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Algernon Weddell: Léopold Dubois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wilkins: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Falconer Madan: Artist Percy Bigland (1858–1926), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Edkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Redding: HubertduMaine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Charles Murray Marling: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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