#1Politics & Law
Richard Graves
1715–1804English minister, poet and novelist (1715–1804)
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Famous people · Mickleton, Gloucestershire
Mickleton’s famous people span 232 years: 4 births from 1630 to 1862
Richard Graves is the best known, with articles in 6 languages. The next two names are Frederick Roberts and Francis Rose. The list’s best known name, Richard Graves, dates from 1715. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Richard Graves
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1630
Sir Anthony Keck
Youngest
1862
Frederick Roberts
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Mickleton
Three names lead: Richard Graves (6 languages), Frederick Roberts (3) and Francis Rose (1).
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Frederick Roberts
1862–1936English cricketer and umpire (1862-1936)
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Through the years
When Mickleton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1710s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Politics & LawSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mickleton is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mickleton
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Shipston-on-Stour, at 6.
Questions about famous people from Mickleton
Who is the most famous person from Mickleton?
Richard Graves (English minister, poet and novelist (1715–1804)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Frederick Roberts and Francis Rose.
How many famous people were born in Mickleton?
4 people born in Mickleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mickleton known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mickleton?
Sir Anthony Keck, born in 1630. The youngest on the list was born in 1862.
Who counts as from Mickleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mickleton’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)
- Richard Graves: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Roberts: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Gotrel: Gregor Rom, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Whatcoat: Dsdugan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Sandford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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