#1Military
William Norman Herbert
1880–1949British Army general (1880–1949)
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Famous people · Fillongley, Warwickshire
Fillongley has one famous person on record
In 1880, the British Army general William Norman Herbert was born. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Their name appears in articles in 5 languages. Coventry, 5 mi away, has 463 on its list, the best known Clive Owen.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
William Norman Herbert
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
William Norman Herbert
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Fillongley
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Famous people from the towns next door
Coventry has the longest list next door: 463.
Questions about famous people from Fillongley
Who is the most famous person from Fillongley?
William Norman Herbert (British Army general (1880–1949)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Fillongley?
1 people born in Fillongley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fillongley known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Fillongley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fillongley’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 (7)
- William Norman Herbert: Eves, Reginald Grenville, Public domain, 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
- 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
- Adam Walker: TheRealWilG, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Dangerfield: Los Angeles Aztecs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Drayton: Sylvester Harding, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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