#1Science & Medicine
Martin Evans
born 1941English developmental biologist
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Famous people · Stroud, Gloucestershire
Of the 55 famous people born in Stroud, an unusual share are scientists and doctors
Most widely known is Martin Evans, the English developmental biologist, with articles in 56 languages. In the 20th century, 19 were born, the most of any period. Only 2 towns in Gloucestershire list more. 10 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
55
notable people
Best known
Martin Evans
in 56 Wikipedia languages
First
1550
Leonard Holliday
Youngest
2006
Teddie Allen
Most common field
Sports
19 people
What stands out about Stroud’s famous people
A town of scientists and doctorsScientists and doctors make up 11 of the 55, 2.7 times the usual share.Known worldwideMartin Evans has an article in 56 languages, more than anyone else from here.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 2006, among 20 since 1950.55 notable peopleStroud lists 55 notable people, more than most towns.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Stroud is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 2.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Stroud
By how many languages cover them, Martin Evans comes first (56), then Alan Hollinghurst (31) and John Canton (24).
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#2Writing & Arts
Alan Hollinghurst
born 1954English writer, translator and poet
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#3Through the years
When Stroud’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 8.
SportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitaryMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Stroud
52 more, 19 of them athletes.
Edwin Beard Budding
1795–1846Inventor of the lawnmower and adjustable spanner (1795–1846)
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John Maxwell Edmonds
1875–1958English classicist, poet and dramatist (1875-1958)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Painswick’s, with 5.
Painswick · 3 miHugh Algernon Weddell & 4 more
Stonehouse · 2 miCharles Wilkins & 3 more
Minchinhampton · 3 miJoanna Trollope & 3 more
Nailsworth · 3 miJoseph Edkins & 1 more
Quedgeley and Hardwicke · 6 miScott Redding & 1 more
Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley · 3 miSir Charles Murray Marling
Chalford · 3 miJohn Thomas
Eastington · 4 miCharles CowleyQuestions about famous people from Stroud
Who is the most famous person from Stroud?
Martin Evans (English developmental biologist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 56 languages. Next come Alan Hollinghurst and John Canton.
How many famous people were born in Stroud?
55 people born in Stroud have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 67 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Stroud known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 19 of the 55. That is 35% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stroud?
Leonard Holliday, born in 1550. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.
Who counts as from Stroud?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stroud’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 (26)
- Martin Evans: Cardiff University, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Hollinghurst: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Canton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Lewis: Jacklewis24, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Dunn: Mark Coatsworth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sydney Howard Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma McClarkin: Edvard Kožušník, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Dryden: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- F. W. Winterbotham: Royal Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Greenhough Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Nelson: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Collins Bryant: The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Rutter: Trutter4, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene Paul Bennett: Gallaher & Co Tobacco Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyndon Smith: Andysmith248, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Carruthers Little: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Adrian Smith: David Adrian Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard Holliday: Unknown authorUnknown author (unknown Flemish painter), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Algernon Weddell: Léopold Dubois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wilkins: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Trollope: Dreamspy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- John Thomas: Unknown authorUnknown author The author has signed the engraving, but the name is illegible, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Cowley: Charles Cowley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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