#1Famous people · Huncote, Leicestershire
One famous person was born in Huncote
In 1971, the British actor Richard Armitage was born. Readers can find them written up in 44 languages. Of its neighbours, Earl Shilton, 3 mi away, lists the most: 8, Les Taylor first. 77 of the towns in Leicestershire list at least one person.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Richard Armitage
in 44 Wikipedia languages
First
1971
Richard Armitage
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
What stands out about Huncote’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Huncote
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
LTEarl Shilton · 3 miLes Taylor & 7 more
Blaby and Whetstone · 3 miCherry Vann & 5 moreCHEnderby and Narborough · 1 miChristopher Hibbert & 4 moreRJCosby · 2 miRay Julian & 3 morePCLeicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe · 4 miPaul Culpin & 3 moreERStoney Stanton · 3 miEdwin Riley & 2 moreCBCountesthorpe · 4 miCecil Boden & 2 more
Croft · 1 miCharles Avery Dunning
Blaby and Whetstone · 3 miCherry Vann & 5 moreCHEnderby and Narborough · 1 miChristopher Hibbert & 4 moreRJCosby · 2 miRay Julian & 3 morePCLeicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe · 4 miPaul Culpin & 3 moreERStoney Stanton · 3 miEdwin Riley & 2 moreCBCountesthorpe · 4 miCecil Boden & 2 moreCroft · 1 miCharles Avery DunningQuestions about famous people from Huncote
Who is the most famous person from Huncote?
Richard Armitage (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 44 languages.
How many famous people were born in Huncote?
1 people born in Huncote have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Huncote known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Huncote?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Huncote’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)
- Richard Armitage: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cherry Vann: Church in Wales, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Avery Dunning: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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