#1Politics & Law
Margaret Thatcher
1925–2013Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
208 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Grantham, Lincolnshire
Margaret Thatcher and 93 more famous people were born in Grantham
Articles about Margaret Thatcher exist in 208 languages. Patrick Bamford is second and Henry More third. 11 of them are scientists and doctors, 1.6 times the share across UK towns. Among the 100 towns in Lincolnshire with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd.
Born here
94
notable people
Best known
Margaret Thatcher
in 208 Wikipedia languages
First
1543
John Still
Youngest
2004
Freya Colbert
Most common field
Sports
44 people
What stands out about Grantham’s famous people
Known worldwideMargaret Thatcher has a Wikipedia article in 208 languages.A town of scientists and doctors11 of the 94 people born here are scientists and doctors, 1.6× the usual share.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 42, the most recent in 2004.94 notable peopleWith 94 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Grantham
Ranked by languages covered: Margaret Thatcher with 208, then Patrick Bamford with 37 and Henry More with 31.
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#2Sports
Patrick Bamford
born 1993English association football player (born 1993)
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#3Known for
What Grantham is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is ministers and preachers, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Grantham’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 11.
SportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageNotableFaithBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Grantham
Another 91, 43 of them athletes.
Sam Battle
born 1989English singer-songwriter, music producer and YouTuber (born 1989)
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Nicholas Parsons
1923–2020British actor, rector and radio-TV presenter (1923-2020)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
William Henry Fitchett
1841–1928Australian educator, journalist and writer (1841–1928)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
William Wand
1885–1977Mid-twentieth century English-born, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia; Bishop of Bath and Wells; Bishop of London
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Robert Lee
1837–1922New Zealand teacher, school inspector and educationalist (1837–1922)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Sleaford: 18.
Questions about famous people from Grantham
Who is the most famous person from Grantham?
Margaret Thatcher (prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 208 languages. Next come Patrick Bamford and Henry More.
How many famous people were born in Grantham?
94 people born in Grantham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 112 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Grantham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 44 of the 94. That is 47% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Grantham?
John Still, born in 1543. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Grantham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Grantham’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 (37)
- Margaret Thatcher: Rob Bogaerts, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Bamford: Glenn Salt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry More: Rijksmuseum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Battle: Bree Hart ( [email protected] ), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles P. Dixon: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Blandford: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Judy Campbell: Laurenticwave, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Colclough: Sander.v.Ginkel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Wright: The Eternal Optimist, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Robertson: Ailura, Derivative work by Pietaster, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessie Lipscomb: William Elborne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Edgley: Nigel McGinley from Garlinge, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Besley: Tjbwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dixon: Credit: "From photo by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Everitt: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Fitchett: New Zealand Graphic, 3 August 1895, page 123 - photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Manton: H. Adlard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Sara Meggitt: none given ""Who's Who In Newport" 1920", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vince Eager: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Fitchett: Elliott & Fry (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wand: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zak Chappell: Dave Morton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Lewis: Fergus Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Still: Silvester Harding, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaun Balfe: BrokenGearbox, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Matthews: SpennoMatthews, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Fitchett: New Zealand Graphic, 28 June 1911, page 29 - photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Pattman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Bastaja: University of the Fraser Valley, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Richard Parker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew James Bond: University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Newcome: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark A. O'Neill: Adhemarius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Lyonel Tollemache, 4th Baronet: Stevekeiretsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Williamson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Saunders: Diggies99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Brooke: Catherine Read, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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