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Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Cressage, Shropshire
Herbert Annesley Packer, born in 1894, is Cressage’s famous person on record
In 1894, the English cricketer Herbert Annesley Packer was born. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. A short trip away, Shrewsbury (8 mi) counts 180 famous people, Charles Darwin among them.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Herbert Annesley Packer
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Herbert Annesley Packer
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Cressage
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Shrewsbury has the most on record: 180.
Shrewsbury · 8 miCharles Darwin & 179 more
Telford · 7 miBilly Wright & 98 more
Bridgnorth · 10 miThomas Percy & 28 more
Much Wenlock · 3 miMary Beard & 7 more
Shifnal · 10 miHannah Cullwick & 7 more
Broseley · 5 miHermione Baddeley & 5 more
Church Stretton · 11 miJohn Thynne & 2 more
Bayston Hill · 8 miViolet Bland & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Cressage
Who is the most famous person from Cressage?
Herbert Annesley Packer (English cricketer (1894-1962)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Cressage?
1 people born in Cressage have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cressage 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 Cressage?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cressage’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)
- Charles Darwin: Herbert Rose Barraud, Public domain, 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
- Hermione Baddeley: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Thynne: 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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