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Photo: My another account at en.wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Keevil, Wiltshire
Keevil has one famous person on record
The English cricketer and clergyman William Richards was born in 1833. That places their birth in the Georgian era. Their name appears in articles in 2 languages. Nearby, Trowbridge, 4 mi away, lists 39, led by Nathan Dyer.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
William Richards
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1833
William Richards
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Keevil
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Trowbridge lists the most people: 39.
Questions about famous people from Keevil
Who is the most famous person from Keevil?
William Richards (English cricketer and clergyman) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Keevil?
1 people born in Keevil have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Keevil known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Keevil?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Keevil’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 (4)
- Nathan Dyer: Ronnie Macdonald, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Edwards: Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Leslie Goodwin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Talman: Giuseppe Grisoni, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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