#1Film, TV & Stage
Flux Pavilion
born 1989English dubstep producer and DJ
15 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Towcester, Northamptonshire
7 famous people were born in Towcester from 1605 to 1990
Flux Pavilion, the English dubstep producer and DJ, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. The British agriculturalist and rower John Meyrick ranks second, ahead of Elliot Parish. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. Only 8 of the 59 towns in Northamptonshire with anyone on record list more.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Flux Pavilion
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1605
Thomas Shepard
Youngest
1990
Elliot Parish
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Towcester
Ranked by languages covered: Flux Pavilion with 15, then John Meyrick with 12 and Elliot Parish with 9.
#1JM#2
Sports
John Meyrick
1926–2004British agriculturalist and rower (1926-2004)
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Towcester’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 1 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Towcester is known for
3 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Towcester
The other 4 span the years 1605 to 1872.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Bugbrooke has the most on record, with 2.
Questions about famous people from Towcester
Who is the most famous person from Towcester?
Flux Pavilion (English dubstep producer and DJ) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come John Meyrick and Elliot Parish.
How many famous people were born in Towcester?
7 people born in Towcester have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Towcester known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Towcester?
Thomas Shepard, born in 1605. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Towcester?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Towcester’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 (4)
- Flux Pavilion: (capsulated), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elliot Parish: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William L. Abingdon: Alfred Ellis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Grubb of Birmingham: Edward Grubb of Birmingham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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