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Church of St Mary · Photo: Gammock · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Alveley, Shropshire
Alveley has one famous person on record
David Humphries, the British cricketer, was born in 1953. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Nearby, Kidderminster, 7 mi away, lists 61, led by Peter Collins.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
David Humphries
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1953
David Humphries
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Alveley
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Kidderminster · 7 miPeter Collins & 60 more
Bridgnorth · 6 miThomas Percy & 28 moreJFKingswinford · 8 miJack Flavell & 16 more
Bewdley · 6 miStanley Baldwin & 10 moreASHighley · 2 miAubrey Scriven & 2 more
Kinver · 5 miNancy Price & 2 moreIPWombourne · 8 miIan Painter & 1 moreKJCookley · 6 miKenneth St JosephQuestions about famous people from Alveley
Who is the most famous person from Alveley?
David Humphries (British cricketer (1953-2020)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Alveley?
1 people born in Alveley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Alveley 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 Alveley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Alveley’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)
- Peter Collins: Jitesh Jagadish from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Percy: J. Hawksworth after a painting by Lemuel Abbott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Baldwin: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Price: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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