#1Writing & Arts
Lord Alfred Douglas
1870–1945English poet and journalist (1870–1945)
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Famous people · Powick, Worcestershire
4 famous people come from Powick, Lord Alfred Douglas the best known
Lord Alfred Douglas, the English poet and journalist, is the most widely known, written about in 30 languages. Close behind are Fergus Hume and James Piers St Aubyn. Writers and artists make up the largest group, 4 of them. Births span 1815 to 1928, from James Piers St Aubyn to Cherith McKinstry.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Lord Alfred Douglas
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
James Piers St Aubyn
Youngest
1928
Cherith McKinstry
Most common field
Writing & Arts
4 people
The best known
Born in Powick
All three are writers and artists.
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James Piers St Aubyn
1815–1895British architect (1815–1895)
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Through the years
When Powick’s famous people were born
The 1870s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Writing & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Powick
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Worcester, with 198.
Questions about famous people from Powick
Who is the most famous person from Powick?
Lord Alfred Douglas (English poet and journalist (1870–1945)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 30 languages. Next come Fergus Hume and James Piers St Aubyn.
How many famous people were born in Powick?
4 people born in Powick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Powick known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 4 of the 4. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Powick?
James Piers St Aubyn, born in 1815. The youngest on the list was born in 1928.
Who counts as from Powick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Powick’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)
- Lord Alfred Douglas: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fergus Hume: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Piers St Aubyn: no image credit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Baker: CFC Unofficial (Debs), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cher Lloyd: Mila Austin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Mansell: Stuart Seeger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Elgar: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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