Famous people from Burghclere Common
Richard Adams heads the list in Newbury, 2 mi away, which has 52 names. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Burghclere Common. In all of Hampshire, the famous people on record come from 93 towns. The longest list of any town in Hampshire belongs to Portsmouth, with 546.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Burghclere Common’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Burghclere Common yet.
Famous people born near Burghclere Common
The fullest list close by belongs to Newbury, with 52.
Newbury · 2 miRichard Adams & 51 more
Hungerford · 9 miCharlie Austin & 9 more
Whitchurch · 9 miAlfred Denning, Baron Denning & 6 moreAKThatcham · 4 miAndy King & 5 more
Kingsclere · 4 miJoseph Spence & 5 more
Woolton Hill and Highclere · 2 miAuberon Herbert & 3 more
Overton · 9 miJames Williams & 2 moreWDCold Ash · 5 miW. R. A. DawsonQuestions about famous people from Burghclere Common
Who counts as from Burghclere Common?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Burghclere Common’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)
- Richard Adams: AndrewRH, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Austin: Brian Minkoff-London Pixels, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Spence: George Vertue, after Isaac Whood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auberon Herbert: Frederick Hollyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Williams: Mockridge, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1844-1913, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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