Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0No one from Pilning is on the famous people list yet
Nearby, Chepstow, 5 mi away, lists 16, led by Owain Yeoman. In all of Gloucestershire, the famous people on record come from 73 towns. Cheltenham has the most of any town in Gloucestershire: 264. 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 Pilning’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Pilning yet.
Famous people born near Pilning
The fullest list close by belongs to Chepstow, with 16.
Questions about famous people from Pilning
Who counts as from Pilning?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pilning’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.
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