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John King
1871–1946English cricketer for Leicestershire (1871-1946)
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Famous people · Lutterworth, Leicestershire
From 1784 to 1982, Lutterworth was the birthplace of 12 famous people
Most widely known is John King, the English cricketer for Leicestershire, with articles in 8 languages. John King, the best known, was born in 1871. Per head, the list is long: 11.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Leicestershire has 4.8. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
John King
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1784
William Green
Youngest
1982
Michael Skubala
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Lutterworth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lutterworth’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lutterworth
Two of the three are athletes.
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Known for
What Lutterworth is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lutterworth
9 more, 6 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Rugby, with 92.
Questions about famous people from Lutterworth
Who is the most famous person from Lutterworth?
John King (English cricketer for Leicestershire (1871-1946)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Ian Brightwell and Pleasance Pendred.
How many famous people were born in Lutterworth?
12 people born in Lutterworth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Lutterworth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 12. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lutterworth?
William Green, born in 1784. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Lutterworth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lutterworth’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 (7)
- John King: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Skubala: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Thistlethwaite: FleadhTV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rupert Brooke: British Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Walker Simons: AnonymousUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellis Stanyon: Ellis Stanyon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Avery Dunning: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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