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Claude Choules
1901–2011British combat, the last living First World War combat veteran in the world
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Famous people · Pershore, Worcestershire
5 famous people were born in Pershore from 1629 to 1901
With articles in 22 languages, Claude Choules is the most widely known. Second and third on the list are George Dowty and Edward Acton. Claude Choules, the best known, was born in 1901. Half or more of the towns in Worcestershire have no one on record, but this one has 6.1 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Claude Choules
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1629
George Mason I
Youngest
1901
George Dowty
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Pershore
By how many languages cover them, Claude Choules comes first (22), then George Dowty (6) and Edward Acton (2).
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Through the years
When Pershore’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawMilitaryScience & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pershore is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pershore
Here are 2 more, born from 1629 to 1876.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Upton upon Severn’s, at 13 names.
Questions about famous people from Pershore
Who is the most famous person from Pershore?
Claude Choules (British combat, the last living First World War combat veteran in the world) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages. Next come George Dowty and Edward Acton.
How many famous people were born in Pershore?
5 people born in Pershore have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Pershore known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pershore?
George Mason I, born in 1629. The youngest on the list was born in 1901.
Who counts as from Pershore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pershore’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)
- Claude Choules: Not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Feek: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Mansell: Stuart Seeger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Cartwright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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