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Richard Parkes Bonington
1802–1828British painter (1801-1828)
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Famous people · Arnold, Nottinghamshire
Most of the 18 famous people born in Arnold came into the world in the Victorian era
Articles in 34 languages make the British painter Richard Parkes Bonington the best known. The British actress Andrea Lowe ranks second, ahead of Billy Austin. The list comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Nottinghamshire, at 3.8. More are athletes than anything else, 11 in all.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Richard Parkes Bonington
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1780
Peter Margetson Wallace
Youngest
1981
Tom Randall
Most common field
Sports
11 people
The best known
Born in Arnold
Richard Parkes Bonington, Andrea Lowe and Billy Austin are written about in 34, 10 and 9 languages.
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Through the years
When Arnold’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1800s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Arnold is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 11 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Arnold
15 more, 10 of them athletes.
Thomas Hawksley
1807–1893English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with water engineering projects (1807–1893)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nottingham has the longest list next door: 997.
Nottingham · 3 miM. Stanley Whittingham & 996 more
Hucknall · 4 miParis Lees & 31 moreRBCarlton · 2 miRichard Beckinsale & 22 more
West Bridgford · 5 miEllie Brazil & 10 moreAHCalverton · 3 miAmos Hind & 7 more
Radcliffe on Trent · 5 miGeorge Parr & 7 more
Wilford · 6 miHenry Cursham & 5 more
Woodborough · 3 miWilliam Whysall & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Arnold
Who is the most famous person from Arnold?
Richard Parkes Bonington (British painter (1801-1828)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 34 languages. Next come Andrea Lowe and Billy Austin.
How many famous people were born in Arnold?
18 people born in Arnold have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 20 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Arnold known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 11 of the 18. That is 61% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Arnold?
Peter Margetson Wallace, born in 1780. The youngest on the list was born in 1981.
Who counts as from Arnold?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Arnold’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 (9)
- Richard Parkes Bonington: Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hawksley: The original uploader was Dumelow at English Wikipedia. (Original text: unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Randall: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- M. Stanley Whittingham: Stanford Energy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paris Lees: Starseekers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellie Brazil: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Parr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Cursham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Whysall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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