Photo: Dave Bushell · CC BY-SA 2.0Next door to Binton, Stratford-upon-Avon lists 50 famous people
Of the famous people on record, none was born in Binton. Across Warwickshire, the lists cover 44 towns. The longest list in Warwickshire is Nuneaton’s, with 132 names. After Nuneaton, the next longest list in Warwickshire is Royal Leamington Spa’s, with 131.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Binton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Binton yet.
Famous people born near Binton
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Binton, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Binton
Who counts as from Binton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Binton’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)
- William Shakespeare: Attributed to John Taylor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke: Edmund Lodge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Graves: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wootton: Gawen Hamilton (died 1737), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Whatcoat: Dsdugan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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