#1Famous people · Burcot, Worcestershire
Burcot has just one famous person to its name: Donald Gilbert
The British artist Donald Gilbert was born in 1900. That places their birth in the Victorian era. 2 languages have an article about them. For more famous names, Bromsgrove is 1 mi away: its list has 62, led by Mark Williams.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Donald Gilbert
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Donald Gilbert
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Burcot
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Bromsgrove has the longest list next door: 62.
Questions about famous people from Burcot
Who is the most famous person from Burcot?
Donald Gilbert (British artist (1900–1961)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Burcot?
1 people born in Burcot have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Burcot known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Burcot?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Burcot’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 (6)
- Donald Gilbert: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Williams: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Styles: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Elvins: https://www.flickr.com/photos/duvallrobbie2/, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Wally Freeman: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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