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Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet
1745–1824British clergyman and playwright (1745-1824)
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Famous people · Fenny Compton, Warwickshire
Fenny Compton has just one famous person to its name: Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet, the British clergyman and playwright, was born in 1745. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Banbury, 7 mi away: 76, led by Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.
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Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet
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Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Banbury has the most people on record, 76 of them.
Questions about famous people from Fenny Compton
Who is the most famous person from Fenny Compton?
Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet (British clergyman and playwright (1745-1824)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Fenny Compton?
1 people born in Fenny Compton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fenny Compton known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Fenny Compton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fenny Compton’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)
- Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet: Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Lloyd Hodgkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Cox: en:user:TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancelot Holland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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