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Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · West Haddon, Northamptonshire
One famous person was born in West Haddon
The English footballer Gerry Perryman was born in 1947. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. Daventry, 6 mi off, can claim 13 famous people, the best known William Westbrooke Burton.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Gerry Perryman
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1947
Gerry Perryman
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in West Haddon
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Daventry, at 13.
Daventry · 6 miWilliam Westbrooke Burton & 12 moreMFLong Buckby · 3 miMarcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender & 2 more
Braunston · 7 miAndrew Garrad & 1 more
Brixworth · 7 miDonald Sumpter & 1 moreHACrick · 3 miHarry Adams
Kilsby · 4 miThomas Richardson Colledge
Spratton · 5 miCharles StuddSHFlore · 7 miSydney Ewart HollingworthQuestions about famous people from West Haddon
Who is the most famous person from West Haddon?
Gerry Perryman (English footballer (born 1947)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in West Haddon?
1 people born in West Haddon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is West Haddon 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 West Haddon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside West Haddon’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)
- William Westbrooke Burton: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Garrad: A2c3nd, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Sumpter: Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Richardson Colledge: George Chinnery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Studd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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