#1Famous people · Bloxwich, West Midlands
Athletes stand out among the 15 famous people born in Bloxwich
Most widely known is Charlie Athersmith, the English footballer, with articles in 12 languages. More than half were born in the 20th century, 8 in all. For its size the list is short: 2.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 5.7 in the typical West Midlands town. 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Charlie Athersmith
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Harry Aston
Youngest
1973
Neil Davis
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Bloxwich’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bloxwich is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bloxwich
Three names lead: Charlie Athersmith (12 languages), Harry Aston (6) and Neil Davis (6).
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Through the years
When Bloxwich’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1870s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bloxwich
Here are 12 more, born from 1872 to 1970.
Bobby Downes
born 1949English professional football player, coach and manager (born 1949)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Bloxwich, with how many people each has.
Walsall · 3 miJerome K. Jerome & 178 moreGCWednesbury · 4 miGarry Cook & 61 more
Willenhall · 2 miAllan Clarke & 23 moreBADarlaston · 4 miBill Arblaster & 16 more
Brownhills · 3 miErin O'Connor & 11 morePGRushall and Shelfield · 2 miPhil Gee & 10 moreMHGreat Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay · 3 miMaurice Herriott & 3 more
Essington · 3 miRalph Sweet-EscottQuestions about famous people from Bloxwich
Who is the most famous person from Bloxwich?
Charlie Athersmith (English footballer (1872-1910)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Harry Aston and Neil Davis.
How many famous people were born in Bloxwich?
15 people born in Bloxwich have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 16 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bloxwich known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 12 of the 15. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bloxwich?
Harry Aston, born in 1855. The youngest on the list was born in 1973.
Who counts as from Bloxwich?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bloxwich’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)
- Charlie Athersmith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Parry: Arthur St. John Adcock, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome K. Jerome: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Clarke: lufcfilms, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erin O'Connor: The original uploader was ChrisTheDude at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Sweet-Escott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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