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Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Belbroughton, Worcestershire
2 famous people call Belbroughton their birthplace
Edward Woodgate, the British army general, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The other is John Richard Parish Taylor, the Canadian politician. Nearby, Stourbridge, 4 mi away, lists 112, led by Jude Bellingham. The list runs from Edward Woodgate, born in 1845, to John Richard Parish Taylor, born in 1892.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Edward Woodgate
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Edward Woodgate
Youngest
1892
John Richard Parish Taylor
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Belbroughton
JT#2
Politics & Law
John Richard Parish Taylor
1892–1950Canadian politician
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Known for
What Belbroughton is known for
Share of Belbroughton’s famous people in each 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
The most names next door are in Stourbridge: 112.
Stourbridge · 4 miJude Bellingham & 111 more
Bromsgrove · 5 miMark Williams & 61 more
Kidderminster · 5 miPeter Collins & 60 more
Halesowen · 5 miMorgan Rogers & 26 more
Brierley Hill · 6 miDanny Batth & 24 more
Barnt Green · 6 miMargaret Leighton & 3 moreRHCatshill · 3 miRoy Hartle & 1 more
Hagley · 2 miLucy CavendishQuestions about famous people from Belbroughton
Who is the most famous person from Belbroughton?
Edward Woodgate (British army general) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come John Richard Parish Taylor.
How many famous people were born in Belbroughton?
2 people born in Belbroughton 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 Belbroughton known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Belbroughton?
Edward Woodgate, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1892.
Who counts as from Belbroughton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Belbroughton’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 (7)
- Jude Bellingham: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Williams: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Collins: Jitesh Jagadish from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Rogers: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Batth: Æthelred, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Leighton: Bureau of Industrial Service for CBS Television. Publicity and ad agencies were often used to distribute publicity materials in the 1950s and 1960s. Networks, studios and program sponsors handled the…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucy Cavendish: George Richmond, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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