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St John the Baptist Church, Blisworth , Northants, UK, 12 Jan 2008Photo: Cj1340 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people · Blisworth, Northamptonshire

Blisworth has one famous person on record

The English rugby union footballer Bobby Barr was born in 1907. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their name appears in an article in one language. Just 5 mi away, Northampton’s list holds 354 names, Francis Crick the best known.

Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Bobby Barr
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Bobby Barr
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Blisworth

BB#1
Sports

Bobby Barr

1907–1975

English rugby union footballer (1907-1975)

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Famous people from the towns next door

Northampton has the longest list next door: 354.

Questions about famous people from Blisworth

Who is the most famous person from Blisworth?

Bobby Barr (English rugby union footballer (1907-1975)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.

How many famous people were born in Blisworth?

1 people born in Blisworth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.

What is Blisworth known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.

Who counts as from Blisworth?

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blisworth’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).

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