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Photo: Kev747 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Whitwick, Leicestershire
5 famous people were born in Whitwick
Articles in 5 languages make the English cricketer Joseph Glennon the best known. Anne Macnaghten, the British musician, comes second, with Aubrey Sharp third. Most were born in the Victorian era: 4 of them. From Micky Noon to Anne Macnaghten, the births on the list run from 1875 to 1908.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Joseph Glennon
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Micky Noon
Youngest
1908
Anne Macnaghten
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Whitwick
Joseph Glennon has articles in 5 languages, Anne Macnaghten in 3 and Aubrey Sharp in 3.
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Through the years
When Whitwick’s famous people were born
The 1880s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Whitwick is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Whitwick
The other 2 span the years 1875 to 1879.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Whitwick, with how many people each has.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch · 5 miRoger Williamson & 28 more
Coalville · 1 miTom Hopper & 16 moreJBIbstock · 4 miJack Beattie & 9 moreWBHugglescote · 2 miWalter Bird & 2 moreFIRavenstone · 2 miFrancis Inge & 1 moreSCShepshed · 3 miSmith Churchill & 1 moreFJHathern · 6 miFrederick Randon, Jr. & 1 moreWFHeather · 4 miWilliam FlamsonQuestions about famous people from Whitwick
Who is the most famous person from Whitwick?
Joseph Glennon (English cricketer (1889-1926)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Anne Macnaghten and Aubrey Sharp.
How many famous people were born in Whitwick?
5 people born in Whitwick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Whitwick known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 5. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Whitwick?
Micky Noon, born in 1875. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.
Who counts as from Whitwick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whitwick’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 (2)
- 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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