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William Lisle Bowles
1762–1850English priest, poet and critic (1762–1850)
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Famous people · Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire
From 662 to 1762, Kings Sutton was the birthplace of 2 famous people
William Lisle Bowles leads the list, covered in 10 languages. The only other name is the English infant saint Rumwold of Buckingham. Nearby, Banbury, 4 mi away, lists 76, led by Alan Lloyd Hodgkin. The list’s best known name, William Lisle Bowles, dates from 1762.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
William Lisle Bowles
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
662
Rumwold of Buckingham
Youngest
1762
William Lisle Bowles
Most common field
Faith
2 people
The best known
Born in Kings Sutton
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Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Banbury · 4 miAlan Lloyd Hodgkin & 75 more
Bicester · 10 miKieran Bird & 20 more
Brackley · 5 miOtho Holand & 7 more
Bodicote · 2 miJohn C. Austin & 2 moreHCHook Norton · 9 miHood Hanway Christian & 2 more
Middleton Cheney · 3 miLancelot Holland & 1 moreCCAdderbury and Twyford · 2 miCharles CobbJRBloxham · 4 miJohn RogersQuestions about famous people from Kings Sutton
Who is the most famous person from Kings Sutton?
William Lisle Bowles (English priest, poet and critic (1762–1850)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Rumwold of Buckingham.
How many famous people were born in Kings Sutton?
2 people born in Kings Sutton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kings Sutton known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kings Sutton?
Rumwold of Buckingham, born in 662. The youngest on the list was born in 1762.
Who counts as from Kings Sutton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kings Sutton’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)
- William Lisle Bowles: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Lloyd Hodgkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kieran Bird: National Lottery Good Causes, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Otho Holand: Photo British Library; painted by or for William Bruges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Austin: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancelot Holland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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