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Robert Lowe
1811–1892British statesman and colonial Australian politician (1811-1892)
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Famous people · Bingham, Nottinghamshire
12 famous people were born in Bingham, more of them athletes than in most towns
Robert Lowe is the best known, with articles in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are Albert Widdowson and Jack Bunting. 6 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. Over 166 years of births, the list goes from Robert Lowe (1811) to Chloe Tilley (1977).
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Robert Lowe
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Robert Lowe
Youngest
1977
Chloe Tilley
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Bingham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bingham is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bingham
Robert Lowe, Albert Widdowson and Jack Bunting are written about in 11, 3 and 3 languages.
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Through the years
When Bingham’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1860s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bingham
9 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Carlton’s, at 23 names.
Questions about famous people from Bingham
Who is the most famous person from Bingham?
Robert Lowe (British statesman and colonial Australian politician (1811-1892)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Albert Widdowson and Jack Bunting.
How many famous people were born in Bingham?
12 people born in Bingham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bingham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 12. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bingham?
Robert Lowe, born in 1811. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Bingham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bingham’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)
- Robert Lowe: George Frederic Watts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Parr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elinor Mordaunt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Whysall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cranmer: Gerlach Flicke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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