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Politics & Law
Harwood Harrison
1907–1980British politician (1907-1980)
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Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire
Bugbrooke is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Harwood Harrison, the British politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The list has one more: the association football player Arthur Vann. Nearby, Northampton, 6 mi away, lists 354, led by Francis Crick. From Arthur Vann in 1884 to Harwood Harrison in 1907, the births cover 23 years.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Harwood Harrison
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Arthur Vann
Youngest
1907
Harwood Harrison
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Bugbrooke
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Known for
What Bugbrooke is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
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
Nearby, Northampton has the most on record, with 354.
Questions about famous people from Bugbrooke
Who is the most famous person from Bugbrooke?
Harwood Harrison (British politician (1907-1980)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Arthur Vann.
How many famous people were born in Bugbrooke?
2 people born in Bugbrooke have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bugbrooke known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 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 Bugbrooke?
Arthur Vann, born in 1884. The youngest on the list was born in 1907.
Who counts as from Bugbrooke?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bugbrooke’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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