#1Sports
Josh Knight
born 1997English association football player (born 1997)
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Famous people · Fleckney, Leicestershire
2 famous people were born in Fleckney from 1889 to 1997
Most widely known is Josh Knight, the English association football player, with articles in 6 languages. The other is Harry Hall, the British association football player. Jeremy Bulloch tops the 15 names on record in Market Harborough, 7 mi away. The list’s best known name, Josh Knight, dates from 1997.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Josh Knight
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Harry Hall
Youngest
1997
Josh Knight
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Fleckney
#1HH#2
Sports
Harry Hall
born 1889British association football player (1889-?)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Market Harborough · 7 miJeremy Bulloch & 14 moreHPWigston · 4 miHenry Davis Pochin & 8 more
Blaby and Whetstone · 6 miCherry Vann & 5 morePVOadby · 4 miPhilip Vesty & 3 moreRJCosby · 6 miRay Julian & 3 moreCBCountesthorpe · 4 miCecil Boden & 2 more
Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt · 2 miAnna Laetitia Barbauld & 1 more
Husbands Bosworth · 6 miEllis StanyonQuestions about famous people from Fleckney
Who is the most famous person from Fleckney?
Josh Knight (English association football player (born 1997)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Harry Hall.
How many famous people were born in Fleckney?
2 people born in Fleckney have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fleckney known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fleckney?
Harry Hall, born in 1889. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Fleckney?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fleckney’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)
- Josh Knight: Lovecookie22, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Bulloch: Corey Bond from United States, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cherry Vann: Church in Wales, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld: John Chapman (floruit 1792-1823), after Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellis Stanyon: Ellis Stanyon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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