AE#1
Science & Medicine
Arthur Stewart Eve
1862–1948British physicist (1862–1948)
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Photo: Ojw at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Silsoe, Bedfordshire
Silsoe is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the British physicist Arthur Stewart Eve, with articles in 2 languages. The list has one more: the British physician Frank Cecil Eve. For more famous names, Ampthill is 3 mi away: its list has 9, led by Richard Nicolls. Born in 1862, Arthur Stewart Eve is the first name on record, and Frank Cecil Eve, born in 1871, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Arthur Stewart Eve
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
Arthur Stewart Eve
Youngest
1871
Frank Cecil Eve
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Silsoe
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Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Silsoe
Who is the most famous person from Silsoe?
Arthur Stewart Eve (British physicist (1862–1948)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Frank Cecil Eve.
How many famous people were born in Silsoe?
2 people born in Silsoe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Silsoe known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Silsoe?
Arthur Stewart Eve, born in 1862. The youngest on the list was born in 1871.
Who counts as from Silsoe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Silsoe’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.
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- Ryan Owens: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Breeze: Bioinfo 7, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Sinclair: CLEMENATOR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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