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Famous people · Hugglescote, Leicestershire
3 famous people call Hugglescote their birthplace
Most widely known is Walter Bird, the association football player, with articles in 4 languages. The next two names are Harry Garner and Albert Moss. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 5 mi away, has 29 on its list, the best known Roger Williamson. From Albert Moss to Harry Garner, the births on the list run from 1863 to 1891.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Walter Bird
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Albert Moss
Youngest
1891
Harry Garner
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Hugglescote
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Hugglescote is known for
Share of Hugglescote’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
Close by, Ashby-de-la-Zouch counts 29 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch · 5 miRoger Williamson & 28 more
Coalville · 1 miTom Hopper & 16 moreJBIbstock · 2 miJack Beattie & 9 moreJGWhitwick · 2 miJoseph Glennon & 4 moreFIRavenstone · 1 miFrancis Inge & 1 moreSCShepshed · 5 miSmith Churchill & 1 moreWFHeather · 3 miWilliam FlamsonPBBagworth · 3 miPeter BadhamQuestions about famous people from Hugglescote
Who is the most famous person from Hugglescote?
Walter Bird (association football player (1891-1965)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Harry Garner and Albert Moss.
How many famous people were born in Hugglescote?
3 people born in Hugglescote have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Hugglescote known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hugglescote?
Albert Moss, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1891.
Who counts as from Hugglescote?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hugglescote’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 (3)
- Harry Garner: Skywag, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Williamson: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hopper: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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