#1Politics & Law
Jeremy Corbyn
born 1949British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020
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Famous people · Chippenham, Wiltshire
33 famous people come from Chippenham, Jeremy Corbyn the best known
Best known of all is Jeremy Corbyn, written about in 78 languages. The next two names are Gabrielle Aplin and Danny Kent. Births since 1970 account for 11 of the names. The list comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.4 in the typical town in Wiltshire.
Born here
33
notable people
Best known
Jeremy Corbyn
in 78 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
Alfred Provis
Youngest
2004
Jude Soonsup-Bell
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Chippenham’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Chippenham
Jeremy Corbyn leads with articles in 78 languages, ahead of Gabrielle Aplin (23) and Danny Kent (18).
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#3Through the years
When Chippenham’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 5.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitaryMusicNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chippenham is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.4 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 Chippenham
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Corsham has the longest list next door: 11.
Questions about famous people from Chippenham
Who is the most famous person from Chippenham?
Jeremy Corbyn (British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 78 languages. Next come Gabrielle Aplin and Danny Kent.
How many famous people were born in Chippenham?
33 people born in Chippenham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 38 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Chippenham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 15 of the 33. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chippenham?
Alfred Provis, born in 1818. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Chippenham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chippenham’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 (21)
- Jeremy Corbyn: Jessica Taylor, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabrielle Aplin: Lyonso14, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Kent: Box Repsol, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Maben: Matej Zloch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Kilvert: unknown 19th century, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Cornell: The original uploader was Morwen at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Piers Corbyn: Piers Corbyn, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Syms: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Eadie: Skippo10, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Wicks: Chricks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beryl May Dent: George Louis Eves (1869–1938) / University of Bristol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyril Fox: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Young: Hfrbasp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yan Klukowski: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Edgecumbe: Hamilton Borough Council, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Hancock: Katchuri, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Aylmer: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Sandell: Mattythewhite, 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
- William Grocyn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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