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Charles Studd
1860–1931British cricketer and missionary (1860-1931)
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Famous people · Spratton, Northamptonshire
Spratton, birthplace of the British cricketer and missionary Charles Studd
Charles Studd, the British cricketer and missionary, was born in 1860. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Their name appears in articles in 16 languages. Within 6 mi, Northampton lists the most: 354, with Francis Crick first.
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Charles Studd
in 16 Wikipedia languages
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1860
Charles Studd
Most common field
Sports
1 people
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Born in Spratton
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Northampton, with 354.
FCNorthampton · 6 miFrancis Crick & 353 moreMFLong Buckby · 6 miMarcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender & 2 more
Kislingbury · 7 miSurgeon & 2 more
Brixworth · 2 miDonald Sumpter & 1 more
Moulton · 5 miFelix Carey & 1 moreGPWest Haddon · 5 miGerry Perryman
Sywell and Overstone · 7 miArchibald RobertsonSHFlore · 8 miSydney Ewart Hollingworth
Kislingbury · 7 miSurgeon & 2 moreBrixworth · 2 miDonald Sumpter & 1 moreMoulton · 5 miFelix Carey & 1 moreGPWest Haddon · 5 miGerry PerrymanSywell and Overstone · 7 miArchibald RobertsonSHFlore · 8 miSydney Ewart HollingworthQuestions about famous people from Spratton
Who is the most famous person from Spratton?
Charles Studd (British cricketer and missionary (1860-1931)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages.
How many famous people were born in Spratton?
1 people born in Spratton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Spratton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Spratton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Spratton’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)
- Charles Studd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Surgeon: Ali Wade, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Sumpter: Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Carey: Unknown authorUnknown author, Engraved by W. Chapin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Robertson: A. Robertson (Miss), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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