Photo: Brian Robert Marshall · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Latton
The nearest list is in Swindon, 7 mi away: 182 names, starting with Billie Piper. The Wiltshire lists hold names for 59 towns. Swindon’s 182 names make the longest list in Wiltshire. After Swindon, the next longest list in Wiltshire is Salisbury’s, with 167.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Latton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Latton yet.
Famous people born near Latton
The fullest list close by belongs to Swindon, with 182.
Swindon · 7 miBillie Piper & 181 more
Cirencester · 6 miCozy Powell & 44 moreWAHighworth · 7 miWilliam Joscelyn Arkell & 8 moreWECricklade · 1 miWill Evans & 1 more
Stratton St Margaret · 7 miWilliam Carpenter & 1 more
South Cerney · 3 miGrace Eleanor Hadow
Purton · 5 miDesmond MorrisTPLechlade-on-Thames · 8 miThomas PrenceQuestions about famous people from Latton
Who counts as from Latton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Latton’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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