Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0Leake Commonside has no famous person on record yet
Nearby, Boston, 7 mi away, lists 85, led by John Foxe. 100 towns across Lincolnshire can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Lincolnshire is Lincoln’s, with 211 names. After Lincoln, the next longest list in Lincolnshire is Grimsby’s, with 208.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Leake Commonside’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Leake Commonside yet.
Famous people born near Leake Commonside
Of the towns nearby, Boston lists the most people: 85.
Boston · 7 miJohn Foxe & 84 more
Spilsby · 8 miJohn Franklin & 6 moreFMKirton · 10 miFrancis Meres & 2 more
Sibsey · 3 miFrank Bramley & 1 moreESButterwick · 5 miEdmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield & 1 more
Fishtoft · 7 miBobby Mills & 1 more
Wainfleet All Saints · 8 miWilliam Waynflete
Burgh le Marsh · 10 miWilliam GossageQuestions about famous people from Leake Commonside
Who counts as from Leake Commonside?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Leake Commonside’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 (6)
- John Foxe: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Franklin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Bramley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Mills: Unknown (Popperfoto), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Waynflete: Modern copy of contemporary portrait in Hall of New College, Oxford ). See photo of portrait [1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Gossage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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