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William Attewell
1861–1927Cricket player of England. (1861-1927)
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Famous people · Keyworth, Nottinghamshire
10 famous people from Keyworth, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the cricket player of England William Attewell, covered in 8 languages. Second place goes to the English footballer Brian Stubbs, third to Thomas Armstrong. Most were born in the Victorian era: 9 of them. For every 10,000 residents there are 14.7 on the list, well above the typical Nottinghamshire town’s 3.8.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
William Attewell
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1858
Mat Wright
Youngest
1950
Brian Stubbs
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Keyworth’s famous people
The best known
Born in Keyworth
All three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Keyworth’s famous people were born
The 1860s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Keyworth
The other 7 span the years 1858 to 1900.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Ruddington’s, at 15 names.
Questions about famous people from Keyworth
Who is the most famous person from Keyworth?
William Attewell (cricket player of England. (1861-1927)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Brian Stubbs and Thomas Armstrong.
How many famous people were born in Keyworth?
10 people born in Keyworth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Keyworth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 10. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Keyworth?
Mat Wright, born in 1858. The youngest on the list was born in 1950.
Who counts as from Keyworth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Keyworth’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)
- William Attewell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Pike: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Pike: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellie Brazil: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Viv Anderson: Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Cursham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elinor Mordaunt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Hallam: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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