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Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Colwall Stone, Herefordshire
Henry Horton is the only name on the Colwall Stone list
The English cricketer Henry Horton was born in 1923. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. The nearest list is in Great Malvern, 3 mi away: 28 names, starting with Cher Lloyd.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Henry Horton
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Henry Horton
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Colwall Stone
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Great Malvern has the most people on record, 28 of them.
Questions about famous people from Colwall Stone
Who is the most famous person from Colwall Stone?
Henry Horton (English cricketer (1923-1998)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Colwall Stone?
1 people born in Colwall Stone have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Colwall Stone known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Colwall Stone?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Colwall Stone’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
- Nigel Mansell: Stuart Seeger, CC BY 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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