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Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire
Collingbourne Ducis has just one famous person to its name: Charles Ponting
The British architect Charles Ponting was born in 1850. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. James Blunt tops the 11 names on record in Tidworth, 3 mi away.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Charles Ponting
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
Charles Ponting
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Collingbourne Ducis
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Famous people from the towns next door
5 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Collingbourne Ducis
Who is the most famous person from Collingbourne Ducis?
Charles Ponting (British architect) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Collingbourne Ducis?
1 people born in Collingbourne Ducis have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Collingbourne Ducis 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 Collingbourne Ducis?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Collingbourne Ducis’ 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 (2)
- James Blunt: Teca Lamboglia from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Willis: Engraved by George Vertue (1684 – 1756) [2], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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