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Famous people · Rushall and Shelfield, West Midlands
Most of the 11 famous people born in Rushall and Shelfield came into the world in the 20th century
Most widely known is Phil Gee, the English footballer, with articles in 6 languages. Steve Hayward, the English footballer, comes second, with Colin Harrison third. From Joseph Crowther Smith in 1818 to Steve Hayward in 1971, the births cover 153 years. Per head, the list is long: 8.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in West Midlands has 5.7.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Phil Gee
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
Joseph Crowther Smith
Youngest
1971
Steve Hayward
Most common field
Sports
8 people
The best known
Born in Rushall and Shelfield
All three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Rushall and Shelfield’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rushall and Shelfield 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 Rushall and Shelfield
Here are 8 more, born from 1818 to 1964.
Kenneth Corfield
1924–2016British camera engineer and industrialist (1924-2016)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Rushall and Shelfield
Who is the most famous person from Rushall and Shelfield?
Phil Gee (English footballer (born 1964)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Steve Hayward and Colin Harrison.
How many famous people were born in Rushall and Shelfield?
11 people born in Rushall and Shelfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Rushall and Shelfield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 11. That is 73% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rushall and Shelfield?
Joseph Crowther Smith, born in 1818. The youngest on the list was born in 1971.
Who counts as from Rushall and Shelfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rushall and Shelfield’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)
- Nick Redfern: SMG2019, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome K. Jerome: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Clarke: lufcfilms, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Athersmith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erin O'Connor: The original uploader was ChrisTheDude at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Diane Leather: Victuallers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Sweet-Escott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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