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William Brewster
1566–1644Religious leader and emigrant to Plymouth Colony, North America (1566-1644)
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Famous people · Scrooby, Nottinghamshire
3 famous people were born in Scrooby
Best known of all is William Brewster, written about in 12 languages. Behind the leader come Fear Brewster and Jonathan Brewster. For more famous names, New Rossington and Rossington is 5 mi away: its list has 10, led by Bobby Forrest. Born in 1566, William Brewster is the first name on record, and Fear Brewster, born in 1606, the most recent.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
William Brewster
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1566
William Brewster
Youngest
1606
Fear Brewster
The best known
Born in Scrooby
Languages with an article: 12 for William Brewster, 1 for Fear Brewster, 1 for Jonathan Brewster.
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Known for
What Scrooby is known for
The field with the most names is Faith: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Scrooby
Who is the most famous person from Scrooby?
William Brewster (religious leader and emigrant to Plymouth Colony, North America (1566-1644)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Fear Brewster and Jonathan Brewster.
How many famous people were born in Scrooby?
3 people born in Scrooby have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Scrooby?
William Brewster, born in 1566. The youngest on the list was born in 1606.
Who counts as from Scrooby?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Scrooby’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 (2)
- William Brewster: Alfred Stevens "A.S." Burbank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough: Philip de László, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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