#1Business
Thomas Andrews
1873–1912British businessman and shipbuilder (1873–1912)
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Famous people · Comber, Ards and North Down
17 famous people come from Comber, Thomas Andrews the best known
The best known is the British businessman and shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, with articles in 41 languages. 7 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. Over 213 years of births, the list goes from Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766) to Peter Shields (1979).
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Thomas Andrews
in 41 Wikipedia languages
First
1766
Robert Rollo Gillespie
Youngest
1979
Peter Shields
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Comber’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Comber
Thomas Andrews, Tommy Casey and Jonny Kane are written about in 41, 17 and 9 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Comber’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1870s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryBusinessMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Comber is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Comber
14 more, best known first.
Sir James Andrews, 1st Baronet
1877–1951Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (1877–1951)
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William Drennan Andrews
1832–1924Judge of the High Court of Justice in Ireland
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Belfast, with 1,511.
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Killyleagh · 11 miHans Sloane & 7 more
Donaghadee · 10 miBear Grylls & 6 more
Saintfield · 7 miFrancis Hutcheson & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Comber
Who is the most famous person from Comber?
Thomas Andrews (British businessman and shipbuilder (1873–1912)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 41 languages. Next come Tommy Casey and Jonny Kane.
How many famous people were born in Comber?
17 people born in Comber have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Comber known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 17. That is 41% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Comber?
Robert Rollo Gillespie, born in 1766. The youngest on the list was born in 1979.
Who counts as from Comber?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Comber’s settlement (NISRA’s settlement development limit), 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 NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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 (14)
- Thomas Andrews: Original uploader was User:Gelosia at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Casey: YNWA2305, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonny Kane: David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William McFadden Orr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Rollo Gillespie: Author of book: William Thorn, 1780-1843. Engraving "from a painting by Mr Chinnery in Calcutta, 1814". This is presumably George Chinnery, 1774-1852, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ottilie Patterson: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. M. Andrews: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. S. Lewis: John S. Murray, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Magennis: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Irvine: Franmarjos, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Dornan: Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hans Sloane: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bear Grylls: Jamie Gray from England www.jamiegrayphotography.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Hutcheson: Allan Ramsay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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