Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Welshampton is listed yet
Edward German tops the 9 names on record in Whitchurch, 7 mi away. The longest list in Shropshire is Shrewsbury’s, with 180 names. 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 Welshampton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Welshampton yet.
Famous people born near Welshampton
The neighbour with the most names is Whitchurch, at 9.
Questions about famous people from Welshampton
Who counts as from Welshampton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Welshampton’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 (3)
- Edward German: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eglantyne Jebbs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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