Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Tibberton
Telford, 7 mi away, has 99 on its list, the best known Billy Wright. Not one famous person on record comes from Tibberton yet. 34 of the towns in Shropshire list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Shropshire belongs to Shrewsbury, with 180.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Tibberton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Tibberton yet.
Famous people born near Tibberton
Nearby, Telford has the most on record, with 99.
Telford · 7 miBilly Wright & 98 moreJQNewport · 4 miJames Quibell & 9 more
Shifnal · 9 miHannah Cullwick & 7 more
Market Drayton · 9 miJohn Lewis & 5 more
Broseley · 11 miHermione Baddeley & 5 moreDBEccleshall · 11 miDavid Boden & 4 moreWHShawbury · 8 miWilliam Hazledine
Wheaton Aston · 11 miJeremy WeateQuestions about famous people from Tibberton
Who counts as from Tibberton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tibberton’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 (5)
- Billy Wright: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Cullwick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hermione Baddeley: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Weate: Jeremyweate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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