#1Politics & Law
William Westbrooke Burton
1794–1888Judge and President of the Legislative Council, New South Wales, Australia (1794–1888)
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Famous people · Daventry, Northamptonshire
13 famous people were born in Daventry from 1652 to 1989
William Westbrooke Burton leads the list, covered in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Jack Billingham and John Rose Holden. The list’s best known name, William Westbrooke Burton, dates from 1794. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 4.7, close to the 3.4 of the typical Northamptonshire town.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
William Westbrooke Burton
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1652
John Smith
Youngest
1989
Chris Caird
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Daventry
Leaders take two of the three places.
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Politics & Law
John Rose Holden
1821–1879Canadian politician (1821–1879)
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Through the years
When Daventry’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Daventry is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Daventry
Here are 10 more, born from 1652 to 1989.
Charles John Wright Barton
1852–1935Farmer, businessman, mayor, town clerk (1852-1935)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Long Buckby has the most on record: 3.
MFLong Buckby · 4 miMarcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender & 2 more
Braunston · 3 miAndrew Garrad & 1 moreSAByfield · 7 miStewart Adams & 1 more
Weedon Bec · 4 miTom MacRae
Kilsby · 5 miThomas Richardson ColledgeSHFlore · 5 miSydney Ewart HollingworthHACrick · 6 miHarry AdamsGPWest Haddon · 6 miGerry Perryman
Braunston · 3 miAndrew Garrad & 1 moreSAByfield · 7 miStewart Adams & 1 moreWeedon Bec · 4 miTom MacRaeKilsby · 5 miThomas Richardson ColledgeSHFlore · 5 miSydney Ewart HollingworthHACrick · 6 miHarry AdamsGPWest Haddon · 6 miGerry PerrymanQuestions about famous people from Daventry
Who is the most famous person from Daventry?
William Westbrooke Burton (judge and President of the Legislative Council, New South Wales, Australia (1794–1888)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Jack Billingham and John Rose Holden.
How many famous people were born in Daventry?
13 people born in Daventry have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 17 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Daventry known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 13. That is 46% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Daventry?
John Smith, born in 1652. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Daventry?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Daventry’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 (8)
- William Westbrooke Burton: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Smith: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reginald Foort: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Slade: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Bunting: Referee, Sydney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Garrad: A2c3nd, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom MacRae: Lindsay Adams-Riley, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Richardson Colledge: George Chinnery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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