#1Famous people · Ruspidge, Gloucestershire
A single famous person was born in Ruspidge: Muriel Powell
The British nurse Muriel Powell was born in 1914. That places their birth in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Mary Howitt tops the 9 names on record in Coleford, 5 mi away.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Muriel Powell
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Muriel Powell
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Ruspidge
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Ruspidge, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Ruspidge
Who is the most famous person from Ruspidge?
Muriel Powell (British nurse) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ruspidge?
1 people born in Ruspidge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ruspidge known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Ruspidge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ruspidge’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 (4)
- Muriel Powell: Dame Muriel Powell by Godfrey Argent, bromide print, 25 November 1969 Commissioned, 1969, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Howitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John McAfee: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Barling: Lafayette Ltd., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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