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Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ketton, Rutland
2 famous people were born in Ketton
Most widely known is Charles Ormston Eaton, the British cricketer, with articles in 2 languages. The other is Henry Cronin, the British Army officer and civil engineer. The nearest list is in Stamford, 3 mi away: 40 names, starting with Colin Dexter. Only 2 towns in Rutland list more.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Charles Ormston Eaton
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1827
Charles Ormston Eaton
Youngest
1894
Henry Cronin
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Ketton
HC#2
Military
Henry Cronin
1894–1977British Army officer and civil engineer
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Known for
What Ketton is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Ketton
Who is the most famous person from Ketton?
Charles Ormston Eaton (British cricketer (1827-1907)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Henry Cronin.
How many famous people were born in Ketton?
2 people born in Ketton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ketton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ketton?
Charles Ormston Eaton, born in 1827. The youngest on the list was born in 1894.
Who counts as from Ketton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ketton’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 (4)
- 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
- John Clare: William Hilton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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