Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Willoughby has no famous person on record yet
Of its neighbours, Rugby, 5 mi away, lists the most: 92, Rupert Brooke first. The longest list in Warwickshire is Nuneaton’s, with 132 names. Royal Leamington Spa has the second-longest list in Warwickshire, after Nuneaton, with 131. Famous people are on record for 44 of the towns in Warwickshire.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Willoughby’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Willoughby yet.
Famous people born near Willoughby
Close by, the fullest list is Rugby’s, at 92 names.
Questions about famous people from Willoughby
Who counts as from Willoughby?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Willoughby’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 (5)
- Rupert Brooke: British Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Westbrooke Burton: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Garrad: A2c3nd, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Merry: Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Richardson Colledge: George Chinnery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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