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Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell
1636–1723English noblewoman, heiress and author (1636-1723)
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Famous people · Locks Heath, Hampshire
From 1598 to 1955, Locks Heath was the birthplace of 7 famous people
With articles in 7 languages, Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell is the most widely known. The largest group, 3, was born in the 20th century. As early as 1598, Richard Austin was born here, one of 2 born before the Georgians. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 2, close to the 2.7 of the typical Hampshire town.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1598
Richard Austin
Youngest
1955
Pat Earles
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Locks Heath
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Locks Heath’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1630s, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Locks Heath is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Locks Heath
Still to come: 4 more, from 1598 to 1920.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Locks Heath, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Locks Heath
Who is the most famous person from Locks Heath?
Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell (English noblewoman, heiress and author (1636-1723)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Pat Earles and Albert Fielder.
How many famous people were born in Locks Heath?
7 people born in Locks Heath have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Locks Heath known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 7. That is 71% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Locks Heath?
Richard Austin, born in 1598. The youngest on the list was born in 1955.
Who counts as from Locks Heath?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Locks Heath’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)
- Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell: William Dobson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randal Cremer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danielle Rowe: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Beckett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Gibson: Edwin Alfred Debenham (died 1925), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Grahame-White: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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