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Famous people · Crewe
5 famous people come from Crewe, Robert Buckner the best known
The best known is the American filmmaker Robert Buckner, with articles in 10 languages. Second place goes to the American football player Ernie Williamson, third to Bill Whitby. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 3 in all. The list comes to 17.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.1 in the typical town in Virginia.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Robert Buckner
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
A. Scott Anderson
Youngest
1943
Bill Whitby
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Crewe
Two of the three are athletes.
EW#2
BW#3
Through the years
When Crewe’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Crewe is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Crewe
The rest number 2, with 2 leaders among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crewe and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (1)
- William T. Wilson: Foster-Dementi Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons