Photo: Kev747 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Wilmcote is on the famous people list yet
William Shakespeare tops the 50 names on record in Stratford-upon-Avon, 3 mi away. In Warwickshire, 44 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in Warwickshire is Nuneaton’s, with 132 names. After Nuneaton, the next longest list in Warwickshire is Royal Leamington Spa’s, with 131.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Wilmcote’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Wilmcote yet.
Famous people born near Wilmcote
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Stratford-upon-Avon · 3 miWilliam Shakespeare & 49 more
Alcester · 4 miFulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke & 7 more
Henley-in-Arden · 5 miMat Jackson & 3 more
Barford · 7 miJoseph Arch & 2 more
Snitterfield · 4 miJohn Wootton & 1 moreRRBidford-on-Avon · 5 miReginald Robotham & 1 more
Claverdon · 5 miAlice Buxton Winnicott
Lower Quinton · 7 miRichard WhatcoatQuestions about famous people from Wilmcote
Who counts as from Wilmcote?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wilmcote’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 (7)
- William Shakespeare: Attributed to John Taylor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke: Edmund Lodge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mat Jackson: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Alice Buxton Winnicott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Whatcoat: Dsdugan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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