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Hermione Baddeley
1906–1986British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)
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Famous people · Broseley, Shropshire
Hermione Baddeley tops a list of 6 famous people born in Broseley
Hermione Baddeley leads the list, covered in 30 languages. In the 20th century, 3 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.7 on the list, well above the typical Shropshire town’s 6.2. Over 242 years of births, the list goes from Jabez Carter Hornblower (1744) to Ben Simons (1986).
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Hermione Baddeley
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1744
Jabez Carter Hornblower
Youngest
1986
Ben Simons
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Broseley
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Broseley’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Broseley is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Broseley
3 more names, born between 1744 and 1986.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Telford: 99.
Questions about famous people from Broseley
Who is the most famous person from Broseley?
Hermione Baddeley (British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 30 languages. Next come Leroy Watson and Howard Davis.
How many famous people were born in Broseley?
6 people born in Broseley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Broseley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Broseley?
Jabez Carter Hornblower, born in 1744. The youngest on the list was born in 1986.
Who counts as from Broseley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Broseley’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 (8)
- Hermione Baddeley: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Simons: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Wright: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Percy: J. Hawksworth after a painting by Lemuel Abbott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Beard: UC3M (youtube), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Cullwick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David C. H. Austin: Nongdanchanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Cutler: Ingy The Wingy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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