#1Famous people · Brixworth, Northamptonshire
The 2 famous people born in Brixworth, led by Donald Sumpter
Articles in 22 languages make the British actor Donald Sumpter the best known. The only other name is the English footballer John Cartwright. The oldest name on the list belongs to John Cartwright, born in 1940, the newest to Donald Sumpter, born in 1943. Go 6 mi to Northampton and the list grows to 354, with Francis Crick at the top.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Donald Sumpter
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1940
John Cartwright
Youngest
1943
Donald Sumpter
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Brixworth
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Known for
What Brixworth is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Brixworth, with how many people each has.
FCNorthampton · 6 miFrancis Crick & 353 more
Kislingbury · 7 miSurgeon & 2 more
Earls Barton · 8 miCharles James & 2 moreMFLong Buckby · 8 miMarcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender & 2 more
Moulton · 3 miFelix Carey & 1 more
Spratton · 2 miCharles Studd
Sywell and Overstone · 5 miArchibald RobertsonGPWest Haddon · 7 miGerry Perryman
Kislingbury · 7 miSurgeon & 2 moreEarls Barton · 8 miCharles James & 2 moreMFLong Buckby · 8 miMarcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender & 2 moreMoulton · 3 miFelix Carey & 1 moreSpratton · 2 miCharles StuddSywell and Overstone · 5 miArchibald RobertsonGPWest Haddon · 7 miGerry PerrymanQuestions about famous people from Brixworth
Who is the most famous person from Brixworth?
Donald Sumpter (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages. Next come John Cartwright.
How many famous people were born in Brixworth?
2 people born in Brixworth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Brixworth known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brixworth?
John Cartwright, born in 1940. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
Who counts as from Brixworth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brixworth’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)
- Donald Sumpter: Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Surgeon: Ali Wade, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles James: Harold Augustus Iddles (1896-1976), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Carey: Unknown authorUnknown author, Engraved by W. Chapin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Studd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Robertson: A. Robertson (Miss), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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