Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0Townwell has no famous person on record yet
Of its neighbours, Berkeley, 6 mi away, lists the most: 14, Edward Jenner first. In Gloucestershire, 73 towns have someone on the list. 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 Townwell’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Townwell yet.
Famous people born near Townwell
The most names next door are in Berkeley: 14.
Berkeley · 6 miEdward Jenner & 13 moreRDThornbury · 3 miRichard William George Dennis & 12 more
Chipping Sodbury · 6 miSimon Blackburn & 10 moreDBDursley · 6 miDave Bruton & 8 more
Yate · 5 miJ. K. Rowling & 3 moreJSWotton-under-Edge · 4 miJamie Stephens & 2 more
Wickwar · 2 miMary Everest Boole & 1 more
Kingswood · 3 miLarissa Wilson & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Townwell
Who counts as from Townwell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Townwell’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)
- Edward Jenner: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Blackburn: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. K. Rowling: Daniel Ogren, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Everest Boole: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larissa Wilson: Erik Jensen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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