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Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Lower Brailes, Warwickshire
William Bishop, born in 1553, is Lower Brailes’ famous person on record
The English bishop William Bishop was born in 1553. Their birth falls before the Georgians. 3 languages have an article about them. Within 9 mi, Banbury lists the most: 76, with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin first.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
William Bishop
in 3 Wikipedia languages
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1553
William Bishop
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Lower Brailes
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Banbury counts 76 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Banbury · 9 miAlan Lloyd Hodgkin & 75 more
Chipping Norton · 8 miWentworth Miller & 20 moreGGMoreton-in-Marsh · 7 miGabrielle Glaister & 7 moreFHShipston-on-Stour · 4 miFrancis J. Haverfield & 5 more
Mickleton · 10 miRichard Graves & 3 moreHCHook Norton · 4 miHood Hanway Christian & 2 more
Bodicote · 10 miJohn C. Austin & 2 more
Ettington · 6 miWilliam CroftQuestions about famous people from Lower Brailes
Who is the most famous person from Lower Brailes?
William Bishop (English bishop) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Lower Brailes?
1 people born in Lower Brailes have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lower Brailes 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 Lower Brailes?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lower Brailes’ 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)
- Alan Lloyd Hodgkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wentworth Miller: Andrew Horovitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Graves: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Austin: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Croft: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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