JC#1
Photo: Dave Croker · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bromyard, Herefordshire
Bromyard counts 3 famous people, first among them John Cooper
Most widely known is John Cooper, the British athlete, with articles in 15 languages. Ronald Adam and Annie McIntosh follow. The neighbour with the longest list is Great Malvern, 10 mi away: 28, led by Cher Lloyd. The list comes to 7.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Herefordshire, at 5.4.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
John Cooper
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
Annie McIntosh
Youngest
1940
John Cooper
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Bromyard
Languages with an article: 15 for John Cooper, 9 for Ronald Adam, 2 for Annie McIntosh.
RA#2
Military
Ronald Adam
1896–1979British RAF officer, actor and theatre manager (1896-1979)
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AM#3
Science & Medicine
Annie McIntosh
1871–1951British nurse and nursing leader
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Bromyard is known for
Share of Bromyard’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Great Malvern’s, with 28.
Great Malvern · 10 miCher Lloyd & 27 more
Ledbury · 11 miJohn Masefield & 12 more
Tenbury Wells · 9 miElizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter & 3 more
Lower Broadheath · 10 miEdward Elgar & 2 more
Malvern Wells · 11 miHorace Moore-Jones & 1 moreHHColwall Stone · 10 miHenry HortonHIHallow · 11 miHerbert IsaacQuestions about famous people from Bromyard
Who is the most famous person from Bromyard?
John Cooper (British athlete (1940-1974)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Ronald Adam and Annie McIntosh.
How many famous people were born in Bromyard?
3 people born in Bromyard have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bromyard known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bromyard?
Annie McIntosh, born in 1871. The youngest on the list was born in 1940.
Who counts as from Bromyard?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bromyard’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)
- Cher Lloyd: Mila Austin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Masefield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Elgar: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Moore-Jones: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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