#1Famous people · Calne, Wiltshire
From 1050 to 1983, Calne was the birthplace of 10 famous people
Andy Sandell, the British footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are William Wayte and Everard of Calne. The largest group, 4, was born in the Georgian era. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 5.1, close to the 4.4 of the typical Wiltshire town.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Andy Sandell
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1050
Everard of Calne
Youngest
1983
Andy Sandell
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Calne’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Calne’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1820s, with 2 births.
SportsFaithNotableScience & MedicineBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Calne
Three names lead: Andy Sandell (5 languages), William Wayte (4) and Everard of Calne (3).
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What Calne is known for
4 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Calne
A further 7 follow, born between 1770 and 1946.
James Atwell
1946–2020Dean of Winchester; Dean/Provost of St Edmundsbury; British Anglican priest
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Isaac Nichols
1770–1819Farmer, shipowner and public servant in New South Wales, Australia (1770-1819)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Chippenham has the most on record: 33.
Questions about famous people from Calne
Who is the most famous person from Calne?
Andy Sandell (British footballer (born 1983)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come William Wayte and Everard of Calne.
How many famous people were born in Calne?
10 people born in Calne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Calne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 10. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Calne?
Everard of Calne, born in 1050. The youngest on the list was born in 1983.
Who counts as from Calne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Calne’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)
- Andy Sandell: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wayte: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everard of Calne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Clarke Foote: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
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