#1Politics & Law
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
1554–1628English politician (1554-1628)
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Famous people · Alcester, Warwickshire
From 1554 to 1924, Alcester was the birthplace of 8 famous people
Articles in 18 languages make the English politician Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke the best known. As early as 1554, Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke was born here, one of 2 born before the Georgians. In the Victorian era, 3 were born, the most of any period. Only 8 of the 44 towns in Warwickshire with anyone on record list more.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1554
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Youngest
1924
Mick Betteridge
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Alcester
Languages with an article: 18 for Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, 14 for Frederick George Jackson, 5 for Mick Betteridge.
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#2Science & Medicine
Frederick George Jackson
1860–1938British polar explorer (1860–1938)
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Through the years
When Alcester’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1550s, with 1 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFaithBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Alcester is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Alcester
The other 5 span the years 1615 to 1910.
Richard Waldron
1615–1689Colonial settler, acting President of the Province of New Hampshire
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Stratford-upon-Avon’s, at 50 names.
Stratford-upon-Avon · 7 miWilliam Shakespeare & 49 more
Redditch · 6 miHarry Styles & 45 more
Henley-in-Arden · 6 miMat Jackson & 3 moreRRBidford-on-Avon · 4 miReginald Robotham & 1 more
Snitterfield · 8 miJohn Wootton & 1 more
Astwood Bank · 4 miWally FreemanREInkberrow · 5 miRuth England
Claverdon · 8 miAlice Buxton WinnicottQuestions about famous people from Alcester
Who is the most famous person from Alcester?
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (English politician (1554-1628)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Frederick George Jackson and Mick Betteridge.
How many famous people were born in Alcester?
8 people born in Alcester have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Alcester known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 8. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Alcester?
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, born in 1554. The youngest on the list was born in 1924.
Who counts as from Alcester?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Alcester’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 (10)
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke: Edmund Lodge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick George Jackson: Lambert Weston (1806—1895), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Scriven: Benjamin Phelps Gibbon, engraver; after original by Andrew Morton (Life time: Gibbon died Regent's Park, London, on 28 July 1851), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Waldron: Artist unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Shakespeare: Attributed to John Taylor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Styles: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mat Jackson: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wootton: Gawen Hamilton (died 1737), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wally Freeman: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Buxton Winnicott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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