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Wilfrid Wentworth Woods
1876–1947British colonial financial administrator (1876-1947)
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Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Croucheston, Wiltshire
One famous person was born in Croucheston
Wilfrid Wentworth Woods, the British colonial financial administrator, was born in 1876. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in one language. Within 5 mi, Salisbury lists the most: 167, with Joseph Fiennes first.
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Wilfrid Wentworth Woods
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1876
Wilfrid Wentworth Woods
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Croucheston
Who is the most famous person from Croucheston?
Wilfrid Wentworth Woods (British colonial financial administrator (1876-1947)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Croucheston?
1 people born in Croucheston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who counts as from Croucheston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Croucheston’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)
- Joseph Fiennes: Sila from Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke: Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Jefferis: Phil4 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Etheldred Benett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Reeves: Glenn Salt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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