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Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Whitminster, Gloucestershire
Whitminster is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 5 languages make the footballer Henry Clutterbuck the best known. The only other name is the cricketer Percy Ford. Births span 1873 to 1877, from Henry Clutterbuck to Percy Ford. Nearby, Stroud, 5 mi away, lists 55, led by Martin Evans.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Henry Clutterbuck
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Henry Clutterbuck
Youngest
1877
Percy Ford
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Whitminster
PF#2
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Stroud · 5 miMartin Evans & 54 moreDBDursley · 6 miDave Bruton & 8 more
Painswick · 6 miHugh Algernon Weddell & 4 more
Stonehouse · 3 miCharles Wilkins & 3 more
Quedgeley and Hardwicke · 4 miScott Redding & 1 more
Cam · 5 miFalconer Madan & 1 more
Newnham · 6 miGilbert Barling & 1 more
Eastington · 2 miCharles CowleyQuestions about famous people from Whitminster
Who is the most famous person from Whitminster?
Henry Clutterbuck (footballer (1873-1948)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Percy Ford.
How many famous people were born in Whitminster?
2 people born in Whitminster have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Whitminster known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Whitminster?
Henry Clutterbuck, born in 1873. The youngest on the list was born in 1877.
Who counts as from Whitminster?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whitminster’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 (7)
- Martin Evans: Cardiff University, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Algernon Weddell: Léopold Dubois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wilkins: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Redding: HubertduMaine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Falconer Madan: Artist Percy Bigland (1858–1926), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Barling: Lafayette Ltd., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Cowley: Charles Cowley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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