Who is Ealing's most Wikipedia'ed person?

By Dimitris Kouimtsidis

26th Aug 2021 | Local News

A NEW interactive map has been released which shows the most 'Wikipedia'ed' person in every town in the UK.

The Pudding created a people map of the UK, replacing town names with their most searched-for person.

This person could be someone who was born in, lived in or has connections to the town.

But who is the most Wikipedia'ed person in Ealing?

According to the map, it's Dusty Springfield, born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien.

Springfield was a singer with a career that spanned across four decades, from the 1950s until the 1990s, until her death in 1999 at the age of 59.

She lived in Ealing during her childhood, where she attended St Anne's Convent School in Northfields.

With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was an important singer of blue-eyed soul and at her peak was one of the most successful British female performers, with six top 20 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 and 16 on the UK Singles Chart from 1963 to 1989.

One of her most famous hits is 'Son of a Preacher Man', released in 1968.

She is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and UK Music Hall of Fame and has been awarded an OBE.

     

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