#1Music
Jack Judge
1878–1938British songwriter and music hall entertainer (1878-1938)
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Famous people · Oldbury, West Midlands
Athletes stand out among the 29 famous people born in Oldbury
Articles in 13 languages make the British songwriter and music hall entertainer Jack Judge the best known. The largest group, 12, was born in the 20th century. The list comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in West Midlands, at 5.7. Births since 1970 account for 5 of the names.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Jack Judge
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
William Tranter
Youngest
1989
Jodie Stimpson
Most common field
Sports
22 people
What stands out about Oldbury’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Oldbury is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Oldbury’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Oldbury
Musicians take two of the three places.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Mick Aston
1946–2013English archaeologist (1946–2013)
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#3Music
Frederick Bridge
1844–1924English organist, composer, teacher and writer (1844–1924)
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Oldbury
26 more, best known first.
Jeanie A. Welford
1854–1947Photographer and first British woman member of Cycle Touring Club
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Dudley has the most on record: 115.
Dudley · 4 miDuncan Edwards & 114 more
Smethwick · 2 miRichard Swinburne & 70 moreGCWednesbury · 5 miGarry Cook & 61 more
Tipton · 4 miMargaret MacDonald & 39 more
Halesowen · 3 miMorgan Rogers & 26 more
Brierley Hill · 5 miDanny Batth & 24 moreCPCradley Heath · 3 miCharles Palmer & 13 more
Coseley · 5 miKelly Groucutt & 12 moreQuestions about famous people from Oldbury
Who is the most famous person from Oldbury?
Jack Judge (British songwriter and music hall entertainer (1878-1938)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Mick Aston and Frederick Bridge.
How many famous people were born in Oldbury?
29 people born in Oldbury have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 31 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Oldbury known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 22 of the 29. That is 76% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oldbury?
William Tranter, born in 1816. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Oldbury?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Oldbury’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 (15)
- Jack Judge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mick Aston: Bedoyere at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Bridge: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Wheldon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duane Courtney: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanie A. Welford: pellethepoet, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jodie Stimpson: MartinPUTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Vincent: JMoore1987, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Fereday: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duncan Edwards: ChrisTheDude, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Swinburne: Andrzej Zet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret MacDonald: 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
- Kelly Groucutt: Alterna2 http://www.alterna2.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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