#1Politics & Law
Stanley Baldwin
1867–1947British statesman (1867–1947)
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Famous people · Bewdley, Worcestershire
Stanley Baldwin tops a list of 11 famous people born in Bewdley
Articles in 78 languages make the British statesman Stanley Baldwin the best known. 4 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Half or more of the towns in Worcestershire have no one on record, but this one has 13.3 for every 10,000 residents. Over 433 years of births, the list goes from Mary Sidney (1561) to Becky Hill (1994).
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Stanley Baldwin
in 78 Wikipedia languages
First
1561
Mary Sidney
Youngest
1994
Becky Hill
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Bewdley’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Bewdley
Stanley Baldwin, Becky Hill and Mary Sidney are written about in 78, 21 and 21 languages.
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Mary Sidney
1561–1621Countess of Pembroke, poet, and literary patron
21 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Bewdley’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 2.
Politics & LawMusicSportsScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bewdley is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is musicians, at 5.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bewdley
The rest number 8, with 3 athletes among them.
Brian Turner Tom Lawrence
1873–1949British Army enlisted member and equestrian (1873-1949)
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Alison Mardell
born 1968Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Stourbridge, with 112.
Stourbridge · 9 miJude Bellingham & 111 more
Kidderminster · 3 miPeter Collins & 60 more
Stourport-on-Severn · 3 miRay Thomas & 11 moreASHighley · 6 miAubrey Scriven & 2 more
Kinver · 6 miNancy Price & 2 moreRMWaresley · 5 miRaymond Morris & 1 moreKJCookley · 5 miKenneth St JosephDHAlveley · 6 miDavid HumphriesQuestions about famous people from Bewdley
Who is the most famous person from Bewdley?
Stanley Baldwin (British statesman (1867–1947)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 78 languages. Next come Becky Hill and Mary Sidney.
How many famous people were born in Bewdley?
11 people born in Bewdley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bewdley known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 11. That is 27% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bewdley?
Mary Sidney, born in 1561. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Bewdley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bewdley’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 (12)
- Stanley Baldwin: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Becky Hill: Junefreund, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Sidney: Nicholas Hilliard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quantic: Mike Reger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Beddoe: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Woodhouse: DARTS NOW, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Turner Tom Lawrence: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rose Garrard: Rose Garrad, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jude Bellingham: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Collins: Jitesh Jagadish from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Thomas: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 923-9509, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Price: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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