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Tim Flowers
born 1967English footballer and manager (born 1967)
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Famous people · Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Ministers and preachers stand out among the 21 famous people born in Kenilworth
Most widely known is Tim Flowers, the English footballer and manager, with articles in 24 languages. The largest group, 10, was born in the 20th century. Only 5 of the 44 towns in Warwickshire with anyone on record list more. The oldest name on the list belongs to John Bird Sumner, born in 1780, the newest to Simon Rea, born in 1976.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Tim Flowers
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1780
John Bird Sumner
Youngest
1976
Simon Rea
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Kenilworth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Kenilworth is known for
Set against the usual town, ministers and preachers come out 10.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Kenilworth
First, Tim Flowers (24 languages), then Basil Heatley (16) and John Bird Sumner (10).
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John Bird Sumner
1780–1862Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Chester; British Anglican bishop (1780-1862)
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Through the years
When Kenilworth’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 4 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Kenilworth
18 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Kenilworth
Who is the most famous person from Kenilworth?
Tim Flowers (English footballer and manager (born 1967)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come Basil Heatley and John Bird Sumner.
How many famous people were born in Kenilworth?
21 people born in Kenilworth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 33 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kenilworth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 21. That is 48% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kenilworth?
John Bird Sumner, born in 1780. The youngest on the list was born in 1976.
Who counts as from Kenilworth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kenilworth’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 (11)
- Tim Flowers: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bird Sumner: Attributed to Eden Upton Eddis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Slingo: Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Sumner: Martin Archer Shee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Marlow: Barbicanf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Draper: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Pope: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Job Eagles Stone: Contributor(s): The Queenslander, 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
- Aleister Crowley: Aleister Crowley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Richard Hicks: Unknown (Associated Press), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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