#1Famous people · Blackheath, West Midlands
Blackheath counts 4 famous people, first among them Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton, the British guitarist, is the most widely known, written about in 34 languages. The next two names are Billy Adams and Bos Trevis. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. The oldest name on the list belongs to Billy Adams, born in 1892, the newest to Glenn Tipton, born in 1947.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Glenn Tipton
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Billy Adams
Youngest
1947
Glenn Tipton
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Blackheath
Glenn Tipton has articles in 34 languages, Billy Adams in 7 and Bos Trevis in 3.
#1BA#2
Sports
Billy Adams
1892–1945British association football player (1892-1963)
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
BT#3
Known for
What Blackheath is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Blackheath
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Dudley, at 115.
Dudley · 3 miDuncan Edwards & 114 more
Stourbridge · 5 miJude Bellingham & 111 more
Smethwick · 3 miRichard Swinburne & 70 more
Tipton · 4 miMargaret MacDonald & 39 more
Oldbury · 1 miJack Judge & 28 more
Halesowen · 2 miMorgan Rogers & 26 more
Brierley Hill · 4 miDanny Batth & 24 moreCPCradley Heath · 1 miCharles Palmer & 13 moreQuestions about famous people from Blackheath
Who is the most famous person from Blackheath?
Glenn Tipton (British guitarist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 34 languages. Next come Billy Adams and Bos Trevis.
How many famous people were born in Blackheath?
4 people born in Blackheath have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Blackheath known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Blackheath?
Billy Adams, born in 1892. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
Who counts as from Blackheath?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blackheath’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 (8)
- Glenn Tipton: Zach Petersen ( http://zach.e53.org/ ), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duncan Edwards: ChrisTheDude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jude Bellingham: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Swinburne: Andrzej Zet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret MacDonald: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Judge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Rogers: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Batth: Æthelred, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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