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Famous people · Didcot, Oxfordshire
5 famous people call Didcot their birthplace
Most widely known is Maurice Evans, the English footballer, with articles in 7 languages. Close behind are Edgar Andrews and Jerry Williams. 4 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. From Edgar Andrews in 1932 to Matt Richardson in 1991, the births cover 59 years.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Maurice Evans
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1932
Edgar Andrews
Youngest
1991
Matt Richardson
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Didcot’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Didcot’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Didcot
Counted by languages, Maurice Evans is ahead of Edgar Andrews and Jerry Williams: 7, 6 and 3.
#2Science & Medicine
Edgar Andrews
born 1932English physicist and engineer
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What Didcot is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 3 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Didcot
The other 2 span the years 1937 to 1991.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Abingdon-on-Thames counts 43 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Didcot
Who is the most famous person from Didcot?
Maurice Evans (English footballer (1936–2000)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Edgar Andrews and Jerry Williams.
How many famous people were born in Didcot?
5 people born in Didcot have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Didcot known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Didcot?
Edgar Andrews, born in 1932. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Didcot?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Didcot’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 (7)
- Edgar Andrews: Eddy Maatkamp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Richardson: glastocabaret, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Selway: michell zappa from São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Bailey: LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Job Caudwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Empress Matilda: PurpleHz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Austen: Cassandra Austen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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