DP#1
Photo: Raggatt2000 · Public domainFamous people · Baschurch, Shropshire
Baschurch is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Dave Pountney, the English footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The only other name is the Australian politician William Bebbington. Within 7 mi, Shrewsbury lists the most: 180, with Charles Darwin first. Born in 1856, William Bebbington is the first name on record, and Dave Pountney, born in 1939, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Dave Pountney
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
William Bebbington
Youngest
1939
Dave Pountney
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Baschurch
WB#2
Politics & Law
William Bebbington
1856–1939Australian politician (1856-1939)
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Known for
What Baschurch is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Baschurch, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Baschurch
Who is the most famous person from Baschurch?
Dave Pountney (English footballer (born 1939)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come William Bebbington.
How many famous people were born in Baschurch?
2 people born in Baschurch have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Baschurch 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 Baschurch?
William Bebbington, born in 1856. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
Who counts as from Baschurch?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Baschurch’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)
- Charles Darwin: Herbert Rose Barraud, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfred Owen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eglantyne Jebbs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Violet Bland: Unknown. Photo provided by family of Violet Ann Bland., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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