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William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
1582–1662English viscount (1582-1662)
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Famous people · Broughton, Oxfordshire
Broughton is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 7 languages make the English viscount William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele the best known. Nathaniel Fiennes is second and John Fiennes third. The neighbour with the longest list is Banbury, 2 mi away: 76, led by Alan Lloyd Hodgkin. Born in 1582, William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele is the first name on record, and Nathaniel Fiennes, born in 1608, the most recent.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1582
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
Youngest
1608
Nathaniel Fiennes
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Broughton
The three best known are all leaders.
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The best known from each town within 12 miles of Broughton, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Broughton
Who is the most famous person from Broughton?
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (English viscount (1582-1662)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Nathaniel Fiennes and John Fiennes.
How many famous people were born in Broughton?
3 people born in Broughton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Broughton known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Broughton?
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, born in 1582. The youngest on the list was born in 1608.
Who counts as from Broughton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Broughton’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)
- William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Fiennes: Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Lloyd Hodgkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Austin: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lisle Bowles: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancelot Holland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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