Syrena House · Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people near Stratton: 45 in Cirencester
No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Stratton. In all of Gloucestershire, the famous people on record come from 73 towns. The longest list in Gloucestershire is Cheltenham’s, with 264 names. 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 Stratton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Stratton yet.
Famous people born near Stratton
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Stratton, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Stratton
Who counts as from Stratton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stratton’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 (6)
- Cozy Powell: Geffen Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Phillips: Antonisse, Marcel / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Algernon Weddell: Léopold Dubois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Trollope: Dreamspy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Eleanor Hadow: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Thomas: Unknown authorUnknown author The author has signed the engraving, but the name is illegible, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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