#1Famous people · Coseley, West Midlands
Most of the 13 famous people born in Coseley came into the world in the 20th century
At the top of the list is the British bassist Kelly Groucutt, covered in 15 languages. The English footballer Steve James ranks second, ahead of Viv Aston. From John Bryan to Steve James, the births on the list run from 1877 to 1949. The biggest group are athletes: 8.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Kelly Groucutt
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
John Bryan
Youngest
1949
Steve James
Most common field
Sports
8 people
The best known
Born in Coseley
Kelly Groucutt leads with articles in 15 languages, ahead of Steve James (8) and Viv Aston (6).
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Through the years
When Coseley’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Coseley is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 8.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Coseley
Here are 10 more, born from 1877 to 1942.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Wolverhampton counts 450 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Wolverhampton · 4 miLiam Payne & 449 more
Dudley · 2 miDuncan Edwards & 114 moreGCWednesbury · 4 miGarry Cook & 61 moreJFBilston · 2 miJames Fleet & 44 more
Tipton · 2 miMargaret MacDonald & 39 more
Willenhall · 4 miAllan Clarke & 23 more
Sedgley · 1 miBrian Berry & 17 moreBADarlaston · 3 miBill Arblaster & 16 moreQuestions about famous people from Coseley
Who is the most famous person from Coseley?
Kelly Groucutt (British bassist (1945–2009)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Steve James and Viv Aston.
How many famous people were born in Coseley?
13 people born in Coseley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 15 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Coseley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 13. That is 62% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coseley?
John Bryan, born in 1877. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Coseley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Coseley’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)
- Kelly Groucutt: Alterna2 http://www.alterna2.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland Hipkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Payne: Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duncan Edwards: ChrisTheDude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret MacDonald: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Clarke: lufcfilms, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Berry: Ybargal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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