HP#1
Science & Medicine
Henry Davis Pochin
1824–1895British chemist, suffragist and politician (1824–1895)
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Famous people · Wigston, Leicestershire
9 famous people were born in Wigston, most of them in the 20th century
Henry Davis Pochin leads the list, covered in 4 languages. Second place goes to the English footballer Howard Riley, third to Richard Dixey. Only 11 of the 77 towns in Leicestershire with anyone on record list more. 5 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Henry Davis Pochin
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1824
Henry Davis Pochin
Youngest
1957
Andrew Nunn
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Wigston
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Wigston’s famous people were born
The 1930s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsScience & MedicineFaithMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wigston is known for
5 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wigston
Here are 6 more, born from 1892 to 1957.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Leicester’s, with 752.
Leicester · 3 miGary Lineker & 751 more
Blaby and Whetstone · 3 miCherry Vann & 5 moreCHEnderby and Narborough · 4 miChristopher Hibbert & 4 morePVOadby · 2 miPhilip Vesty & 3 moreRJCosby · 4 miRay Julian & 3 morePCLeicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe · 5 miPaul Culpin & 3 moreCBCountesthorpe · 2 miCecil Boden & 2 more
Fleckney · 4 miJosh Knight & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Wigston
Who is the most famous person from Wigston?
Henry Davis Pochin (British chemist, suffragist and politician (1824–1895)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Howard Riley and Richard Dixey.
How many famous people were born in Wigston?
9 people born in Wigston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Wigston known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 9. That is 56% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wigston?
Henry Davis Pochin, born in 1824. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Wigston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wigston’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 (4)
- William Ewart Boulter: Gallaher Tobacco Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Lineker: Liton Ali, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cherry Vann: Church in Wales, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Knight: Lovecookie22, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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