#1Famous people · Shenington, Oxfordshire
Shenington has one famous person on record
Marian Hughes, the Anglican nun and Mother superior, was born in 1817. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. One language has an article about them so far. The neighbour with the longest list is Banbury, 5 mi away: 76, led by Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Marian Hughes
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1817
Marian Hughes
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Shenington
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Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Banbury · 5 miAlan Lloyd Hodgkin & 75 moreFHShipston-on-Stour · 7 miFrancis J. Haverfield & 5 moreHCHook Norton · 6 miHood Hanway Christian & 2 more
Bodicote · 6 miJohn C. Austin & 2 more
Middleton Cheney · 8 miLancelot Holland & 1 more
Kings Sutton · 9 miWilliam Lisle Bowles & 1 moreJRBloxham · 6 miJohn Rogers
Ettington · 7 miWilliam CroftQuestions about famous people from Shenington
Who is the most famous person from Shenington?
Marian Hughes (anglican nun and Mother Superior) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Shenington?
1 people born in Shenington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Shenington known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Shenington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shenington’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)
- Marian Hughes: unknown but old, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Lloyd Hodgkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Austin: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancelot Holland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lisle Bowles: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Croft: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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