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Writing & Arts
Christopher Bowerbank
1940–2002English architect and raconteur
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Photo: Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Biddestone, Wiltshire
One famous person was born in Biddestone
Christopher Bowerbank, the English architect and raconteur, was born in 1940. That places their birth in the 20th century. An article about them exists in one language. Nearby, Chippenham, 3 mi away, lists 33, led by Jeremy Corbyn.
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Christopher Bowerbank
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1940
Christopher Bowerbank
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Writing & Arts
1 people
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Born in Biddestone
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Chippenham has the most people on record, 33 of them.
Questions about famous people from Biddestone
Who is the most famous person from Biddestone?
Christopher Bowerbank (English architect and raconteur) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Biddestone?
1 people born in Biddestone have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Biddestone known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Biddestone?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Biddestone’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)
- Jeremy Corbyn: Jessica Taylor, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Aylmer: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Leslie Goodwin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack MacBryan: unknown employee of "Sports and General" photography agency, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Montague Harper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Grocyn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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