SC#1
Sports
Smith Churchill
1838–1902English cricketer, clergyman and educator
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Famous people · Shepshed, Leicestershire
2 famous people were born in Shepshed
Smith Churchill leads the list, covered in 2 languages. The other is Thomas William Walker, the Anglo-New Zealand soil scientist. Within 3 mi, Loughborough lists the most: 58, with Hamza Choudhury first. From Smith Churchill in 1838 to Thomas William Walker in 1916, the births cover 78 years.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Smith Churchill
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1838
Smith Churchill
Youngest
1916
Thomas William Walker
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Shepshed
#2Science & Medicine
Thomas William Walker
1916–2010Anglo-New Zealand soil scientist
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Known for
What Shepshed is known for
Share of Shepshed’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
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Loughborough · 3 miHamza Choudhury & 57 more
Coalville · 4 miTom Hopper & 16 moreJGWhitwick · 3 miJoseph Glennon & 4 moreWBHugglescote · 5 miWalter Bird & 2 moreFJHathern · 2 miFrederick Randon, Jr. & 1 moreGBKegworth · 5 miGeorge Bryan & 1 moreGRCastle Donington · 5 miGeorge Richards & 1 moreFIRavenstone · 6 miFrancis Inge & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Shepshed
Who is the most famous person from Shepshed?
Smith Churchill (English cricketer, clergyman and educator) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Thomas William Walker.
How many famous people were born in Shepshed?
2 people born in Shepshed have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Shepshed known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shepshed?
Smith Churchill, born in 1838. The youngest on the list was born in 1916.
Who counts as from Shepshed?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shepshed’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)
- Thomas William Walker: Ronald Charles Blackmore, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamza Choudhury: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hopper: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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