#1Film, TV & Stage
Camilla Luddington
born 1983British actress (born 1983)
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Famous people · Ascot, Berkshire
Most of the 45 famous people born in Ascot came into the world since 1970
At the top of the list is the British actress Camilla Luddington, covered in 29 languages. Sarah Harding, the British singer and actress, comes second, with Euan Burton third. Over 177 years of births, the list goes from Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp (1825) to Zara Mullooly (2002). 28 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
45
notable people
Best known
Camilla Luddington
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1825
Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp
Youngest
2002
Zara Mullooly
Most common field
Sports
28 people
What stands out about Ascot’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ascot’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 15 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ascot
Counted by languages, Camilla Luddington is ahead of Sarah Harding and Euan Burton: 29, 27 and 11.
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Known for
What Ascot is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 1.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ascot
42 more, 27 of them athletes.
Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp
1825–1903British-born American teacher, writer, botanical collector (1825 - 1903)
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Rory Cowlam
born 1992British veterinary surgeon, writer and television personality
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Camberley has the most on record, with 42.
Camberley · 5 miJoan Robinson & 41 more
Windsor · 5 miEdward III of England & 28 more
Bracknell · 4 miMillie Brady & 18 moreMWEgham · 5 miMary Wesley & 13 more
West End and Chobham · 4 miPeter Gabriel & 4 moreJSBinfield · 5 miJames Henry Savory & 3 moreNBVirginia Water · 4 miNicholas Brooks & 1 moreLBBagshot · 3 miLynn BarberQuestions about famous people from Ascot
Who is the most famous person from Ascot?
Camilla Luddington (British actress (born 1983)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 29 languages. Next come Sarah Harding and Euan Burton.
How many famous people were born in Ascot?
45 people born in Ascot have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 51 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ascot known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 28 of the 45. That is 62% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ascot?
Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp, born in 1825. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Ascot?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ascot’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.
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 the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, 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 (17)
- Camilla Luddington: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Moody: Land Rover MENA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Fisher: Colinda van Ekeren, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Adams: Ernst Vikne, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Ball: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Kimber-Smith: David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Christiansen: Bill, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Damian Spencer: Spiderone, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Down,Toby Philip: Dltl2010, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Crystal: Benny3xx, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Shaw: SwanRiver21, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rory Cowlam: Bombanna, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Robinson: W. Punt for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward III of England: TheAncientHistorian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Millie Brady: HeyUGuys at http://HeyUGuys.com, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Gabriel: MerleEllaPatsy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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