Church of St Chad · Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Prees has no famous person on record yet
Edward German heads the list in Whitchurch, 5 mi away, which has 9 names. The longest list of any town in Shropshire belongs to Shrewsbury, with 180. After Shrewsbury, the next longest list in Shropshire is Telford’s, with 99. In Shropshire, 34 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Prees’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Prees yet.
Famous people born near Prees
Of the towns nearby, Whitchurch lists the most people: 9.
Whitchurch · 5 miEdward German & 8 more
Ellesmere · 10 miEglantyne Jebbs & 6 morePVWem · 4 miPeter Vaughan & 5 more
Market Drayton · 7 miJohn Lewis & 5 more
Malpas · 9 miGeorge Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley & 3 morePEAudlem · 9 miPeter Ellson & 2 moreDPBaschurch · 11 miDave Pountney & 1 moreWHShawbury · 8 miWilliam HazledineQuestions about famous people from Prees
Who counts as from Prees?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Prees’ 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)
- Edward German: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eglantyne Jebbs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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