#1Famous people · Cuffley, Hertfordshire
A single famous person was born in Cuffley: Paul Atkinson
The British musician Paul Atkinson was born in 1946. That places their birth in the 20th century. 8 languages have an article about them. Enfield, 5 mi off, can claim 448 famous people, the best known Brook Taylor.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Paul Atkinson
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1946
Paul Atkinson
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Cuffley
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Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Enfield · 5 miBrook Taylor & 447 more
Hoddesdon · 5 miElizabeth Maconchy & 27 more
Potters Bar · 3 miStorm Thorgerson & 10 moreCOWaltham Abbey · 6 miConnor Ogilvie & 10 more
Cheshunt · 3 miMichael Dobbs & 9 more
Waltham Cross · 4 miRuss Ballard & 4 moreCMGoff's Oak · 1 miColin Metson & 1 moreDJBrookmans Park · 3 miDavid JonesQuestions about famous people from Cuffley
Who is the most famous person from Cuffley?
Paul Atkinson (British musician (1946–2004)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages.
How many famous people were born in Cuffley?
1 people born in Cuffley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cuffley known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Cuffley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cuffley’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)
- Paul Atkinson: KRLA Beat/Beat Publications, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brook Taylor: Louis Goupy (died 1747), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Maconchy: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 197…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Storm Thorgerson: Jheald, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Dobbs: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Ballard: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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