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Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Walgrave, Northamptonshire
2 famous people call Walgrave their birthplace
The best known is the English footballer Harry Walden, with articles in 5 languages. The other is Sidney Gibson, the English footballer. The earliest on the list is Sidney Gibson, born in 1899, and the youngest Harry Walden, born in 1940. Sienna Guillory heads the list in Kettering, 6 mi away, which has 118 names.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Harry Walden
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Sidney Gibson
Youngest
1940
Harry Walden
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Walgrave
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Kettering has the most on record, with 118.
Kettering · 6 miSienna Guillory & 117 more
Wellingborough · 6 miThom Yorke & 35 more
Rothwell · 6 miJim Dale & 6 more
Earls Barton · 6 miCharles James & 2 more
Brixworth · 3 miDonald Sumpter & 1 more
Moulton · 4 miFelix Carey & 1 more
Sywell and Overstone · 3 miArchibald Robertson
Spratton · 5 miCharles StuddQuestions about famous people from Walgrave
Who is the most famous person from Walgrave?
Harry Walden (English footballer (1940-2018)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Sidney Gibson.
How many famous people were born in Walgrave?
2 people born in Walgrave have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Walgrave known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Walgrave?
Sidney Gibson, born in 1899. The youngest on the list was born in 1940.
Who counts as from Walgrave?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Walgrave’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)
- Sienna Guillory: Helen Taylor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thom Yorke: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Dale: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles James: Harold Augustus Iddles (1896-1976), Public domain, 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
- Charles Studd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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