Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Cottesmore is on the famous people list yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Stamford, 8 mi away: 40, led by Colin Dexter. In all of Rutland, the famous people on record come from 10 towns. No town in Rutland lists more than Oakham, with 11. After Oakham, the next longest list in Rutland is Uppingham’s, with 6.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Cottesmore’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Cottesmore yet.
Famous people born near Cottesmore
Of the towns nearby, Stamford lists the most people: 40.
Questions about famous people from Cottesmore
Who counts as from Cottesmore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cottesmore’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 (3)
- Titus Oates: Frederick Wentworth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ada Goodrich Freer: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin: Arthur Stockdale Cope, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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