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Photo: Richard Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ansley, Warwickshire
2 famous people were born in Ansley from 1792 to 1903
With articles in 5 languages, Charlie Dixon is the most widely known. The other is William Hutchins, the Australian archdeacon. Nuneaton, 3 mi away, has 132 on its list, the best known George Eliot. The list’s best known name, Charlie Dixon, dates from 1903.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Charlie Dixon
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1792
William Hutchins
Youngest
1903
Charlie Dixon
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Ansley
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Known for
What Ansley is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Nuneaton lists the most people: 132.
Questions about famous people from Ansley
Who is the most famous person from Ansley?
Charlie Dixon (English football centre half born 1903) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come William Hutchins.
How many famous people were born in Ansley?
2 people born in Ansley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ansley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ansley?
William Hutchins, born in 1792. The youngest on the list was born in 1903.
Who counts as from Ansley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ansley’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 (4)
- George Eliot: replica by François D’Albert Durade (1804–1886), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Skelton: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Drayton: Sylvester Harding, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nehemiah Grew: "R. White", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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