Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person from Clifford Chambers yet, but Stratford-upon-Avon next door has 50
The longest list of any town in Warwickshire belongs to Nuneaton, with 132. After Nuneaton, the next longest list in Warwickshire is Royal Leamington Spa’s, with 131. 44 of the towns in Warwickshire list at least one person. The best known born in Stratford-upon-Avon is William Shakespeare.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Clifford Chambers’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Clifford Chambers yet.
Famous people born near Clifford Chambers
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Clifford Chambers, with how many people each has.
Stratford-upon-Avon · 2 miWilliam Shakespeare & 49 more
Mickleton · 6 miRichard Graves & 3 moreEMWellesbourne · 5 miEustace Mordaunt & 2 more
Barford · 7 miJoseph Arch & 2 more
Snitterfield · 5 miJohn Wootton & 1 moreRRBidford-on-Avon · 6 miReginald Robotham & 1 more
Lower Quinton · 3 miRichard Whatcoat
Ettington · 5 miWilliam CroftQuestions about famous people from Clifford Chambers
Who counts as from Clifford Chambers?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Clifford Chambers’ 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 (6)
- William Shakespeare: Attributed to John Taylor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Graves: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Arch: Canadian Illustrated News, vol.VIII, no. 16, 248. Reproduced from Library and Archives Canada's website Images in the News: Canadian Illustrated News., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wootton: Gawen Hamilton (died 1737), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Whatcoat: Dsdugan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Croft: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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