#1Famous people · Southam, Warwickshire
Southam’s famous people span 169 years: 3 births from 1787 to 1956
The best known is the English footballer Arthur Cox, with articles in 7 languages. Steve Walwyn is second and Henry Lilley Smith third. The neighbour with the longest list is Royal Leamington Spa, 7 mi away: 131, led by Aleister Crowley. The list’s best known name, Arthur Cox, dates from 1939.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Arthur Cox
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1787
Henry Lilley Smith
Youngest
1956
Steve Walwyn
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Southam
Three names lead: Arthur Cox (7 languages), Steve Walwyn (3) and Henry Lilley Smith (1).
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Known for
What Southam is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Royal Leamington Spa has the most on record: 131.
Questions about famous people from Southam
Who is the most famous person from Southam?
Arthur Cox (English footballer (born 1939)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Steve Walwyn and Henry Lilley Smith.
How many famous people were born in Southam?
3 people born in Southam have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Southam known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Southam?
Henry Lilley Smith, born in 1787. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
Who counts as from Southam?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Southam’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)
- Arthur Cox: en:user:TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Walwyn: Eckhard Henkel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Aleister Crowley: Aleister Crowley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Merry: Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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