Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Wigmore
Of its neighbours, Ludlow, 7 mi away, lists the most: 32, Charles Cardale Babington first. In all of Herefordshire, the famous people on record come from 16 towns. The longest list of any town in Herefordshire belongs to Hereford, with 149. Ledbury has the second-longest list in Herefordshire, after Hereford, with 13.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Wigmore’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Wigmore yet.
Famous people born near Wigmore
Of the towns around it, Ludlow has the most on record: 32.
Ludlow · 7 miCharles Cardale Babington & 31 moreFGPresteigne · 7 miFred Griffiths & 7 more
Knighton · 8 miChaz Davies & 7 moreCMKington · 11 miChris Menges & 4 more
Weobley · 11 miDoris Turner & 3 more
Tenbury Wells · 11 miElizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter & 3 moreBFCraven Arms · 9 miBrian FarleyQuestions about famous people from Wigmore
Who counts as from Wigmore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wigmore’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 (4)
- Charles Cardale Babington: Worthy Vizard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chaz Davies: David Pettit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doris Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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