#1Famous people · Walkeringham, Nottinghamshire
Walkeringham has one famous person on record
The American banker Joshua Waddington was born in 1755. That places their birth in the Georgian era. Their story is told in one language so far. Just 3 mi away, Gainsborough’s list holds 40 names, Halford Mackinder the best known.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Joshua Waddington
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1755
Joshua Waddington
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Walkeringham
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Gainsborough has the most people on record, 40 of them.
Questions about famous people from Walkeringham
Who is the most famous person from Walkeringham?
Joshua Waddington (American banker) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Walkeringham?
1 people born in Walkeringham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Walkeringham known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Walkeringham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Walkeringham’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)
- Joshua Waddington: Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Smith: John Vanderbank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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