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Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Cricklade, Wiltshire
2 famous people were born in Cricklade from 1828 to 1991
At the top of the list is the British footballer Will Evans, covered in 4 languages. The list has one more: the British musician George R. Poulton. The neighbour with the longest list is Swindon, 6 mi away: 182, led by Billie Piper. Will Evans was born in 1991.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Will Evans
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
George R. Poulton
Youngest
1991
Will Evans
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Cricklade
GP#2
Known for
What Cricklade is known for
1 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.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Swindon has the most on record, with 182.
Swindon · 6 miBillie Piper & 181 more
Cirencester · 7 miCozy Powell & 44 moreWAHighworth · 6 miWilliam Joscelyn Arkell & 8 moreJBRoyal Wootton Bassett · 7 miJack Barrett & 2 more
Stratton St Margaret · 6 miWilliam Carpenter & 1 more
South Cerney · 4 miGrace Eleanor Hadow
Purton · 4 miDesmond MorrisTPLechlade-on-Thames · 8 miThomas PrenceQuestions about famous people from Cricklade
Who is the most famous person from Cricklade?
Will Evans (British footballer (born 1991)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come George R. Poulton.
How many famous people were born in Cricklade?
2 people born in Cricklade have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cricklade known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cricklade?
George R. Poulton, born in 1828. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Cricklade?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cricklade’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 (5)
- Billie Piper: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cozy Powell: Geffen Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Carpenter: uncertain (attributed to Townsend Duryea but timeline does not match Carpenter's career), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Eleanor Hadow: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Desmond Morris: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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