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Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Morcott, Rutland
Charles Edgson is the only name on the Morcott list
Charles Edgson, the cricketer, was born in 1915. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Within 7 mi, Stamford lists the most: 40, with Colin Dexter first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Charles Edgson
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Charles Edgson
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Morcott
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Stamford has the most on record, with 40.
Questions about famous people from Morcott
Who is the most famous person from Morcott?
Charles Edgson (cricketer (1915-1983)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Morcott?
1 people born in Morcott have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Morcott known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Morcott?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Morcott’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).
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