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Famous people · Wellesbourne, Warwickshire
3 famous people call Wellesbourne their birthplace
Articles in 3 languages make the British cricketer Eustace Mordaunt the best known. Second place goes to the cricketer Gerald Mordaunt, third to Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis. Of its neighbours, Warwick, 6 mi away, lists the most: 54, John Richard Hicks first. The list runs from Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, born in 1865, to Gerald Mordaunt, born in 1873.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Eustace Mordaunt
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis
Youngest
1873
Gerald Mordaunt
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Wellesbourne
Counted by languages, Eustace Mordaunt is ahead of Gerald Mordaunt and Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis: 3, 3 and 3.
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Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis
1865–1929British countess (1865-1929)
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Known for
What Wellesbourne is known for
Share of Wellesbourne’s famous people in each field.
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
Nearby, Warwick has the most on record, with 54.
Questions about famous people from Wellesbourne
Who is the most famous person from Wellesbourne?
Eustace Mordaunt (British cricketer (1870-1938)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Gerald Mordaunt and Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis.
How many famous people were born in Wellesbourne?
3 people born in Wellesbourne 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 Wellesbourne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wellesbourne?
Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, born in 1865. The youngest on the list was born in 1873.
Who counts as from Wellesbourne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wellesbourne’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 (6)
- Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis: John Singer Sargent, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Richard Hicks: Unknown (Associated Press), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Shakespeare: Attributed to John Taylor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Arch: Canadian Illustrated News, vol.VIII, no. 16, 248. Reproduced from Library and Archives Canada's website Images in the News: Canadian Illustrated News., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wootton: Gawen Hamilton (died 1737), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Croft: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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