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Anthony Palfreman
born 1946English cricketer and cricket administrator
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Newstead Abbey · Photo: brianfagan from Nottingham, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire
Anthony Palfreman, born in 1946, is Ravenshead’s famous person on record
In 1946, the English cricketer and cricket administrator Anthony Palfreman was born. Their birth falls in the 20th century. An article about them exists in one language. Mansfield, 4 mi away, has 149 on its list, the best known Rebecca Adlington.
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Anthony Palfreman
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Mansfield has the most people on record, 149 of them.
Mansfield · 4 miRebecca Adlington & 148 more
Sutton in Ashfield · 5 miAlex Baptiste & 54 more
Hucknall · 4 miParis Lees & 31 more
Kirkby-in-Ashfield · 4 miHarold Larwood & 20 more
Newstead · 3 miJohn Byron, 1st Baron Byron & 10 moreAHCalverton · 5 miAmos Hind & 7 moreECBlidworth · 2 miErnie Coleman & 3 more
Farnsfield · 6 miAugustus Charles Gregory & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Ravenshead
Who is the most famous person from Ravenshead?
Anthony Palfreman (English cricketer and cricket administrator) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ravenshead?
1 people born in Ravenshead have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ravenshead 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 Ravenshead?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ravenshead’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 (6)
- Rebecca Adlington: Rockybiggs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Baptiste: Jrppezza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paris Lees: Starseekers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Larwood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Byron, 1st Baron Byron: William Dobson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Charles Gregory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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