#1Famous people · Binley Woods, Warwickshire
The British politician Mark Pawsey is the one famous person from Binley Woods
The British politician Mark Pawsey was born in 1957. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their name appears in articles in 5 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Coventry, 4 mi away: 463, led by Clive Owen.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Mark Pawsey
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1957
Mark Pawsey
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Binley Woods
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Coventry, at 463.
Questions about famous people from Binley Woods
Who is the most famous person from Binley Woods?
Mark Pawsey (British politician (born 1957)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Binley Woods?
1 people born in Binley Woods have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Binley Woods known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Binley Woods?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Binley Woods’ 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)
- Mark Pawsey: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clive Owen: Alfonso_Cuarón_y_Clive_Owen_(Children_of_men).jpg: Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería derivative work: Jan Arkesteijn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Skelton: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Merry: Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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