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Photo: Philip Jeffrey · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ecton, Northamptonshire
Ecton, birthplace of the British businessman Josiah Franklin
The British businessman Josiah Franklin was born in 1657. That places their birth before the Georgians. Their story is told in 5 languages. Northampton, 4 mi off, can claim 354 famous people, the best known Francis Crick.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Josiah Franklin
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1657
Josiah Franklin
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Ecton
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Northampton has the longest list next door: 354.
Questions about famous people from Ecton
Who is the most famous person from Ecton?
Josiah Franklin (British businessman (1657-1745)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ecton?
1 people born in Ecton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ecton known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Ecton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ecton’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 (5)
- Thom Yorke: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Donald Sumpter: Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Robertson: A. Robertson (Miss), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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