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3 famous people come from England, Brigham Henry Roberts the best known

Brigham Henry Roberts is the best known, with articles in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are Paul Jennings and Nate Moreland. Over 86 years of births, the list goes from Brigham Henry Roberts (1857) to Paul Jennings (1943). The longest list of any town in Arkansas belongs to Fort Smith, with 69.

#1 best knownBrigham Henry RobertsPolitics & Law · 1857–1933
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Brigham Henry Roberts
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1857
Brigham Henry Roberts
Youngest
1943
Paul Jennings
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known

Born in England

The three are covered in 10, 5 and 1 languages: Brigham Henry Roberts, Paul Jennings and Nate Moreland.

Brigham Henry Roberts#1
Politics & Law

Brigham Henry Roberts

1857–1933

American Mormon; denied a seat as a member of United States Congress because of religion

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
PJ#2
Writing & Arts

Paul Jennings

born 1943

Australian author

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
NM#3
Sports

Nate Moreland

1914–1973

American baseball player

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is England 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)
  • Brigham Henry Roberts: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Young, Levi Edgar with Kimball, Mary Connelly, ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons