#1Famous people · Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Most of the 13 famous people born in Marlow came into the world in the 20th century
Most widely known is Steve Redgrave, the British rower, with articles in 37 languages. Behind the leader come Josiah Latimer Clark and Galen Weston. Rice Owen Clark, born in 1816, is the earliest name and Anna Acton, born in 1977, the latest. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Steve Redgrave
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
Rice Owen Clark
Youngest
1977
Anna Acton
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Marlow’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Marlow’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 2 births.
SportsScience & MedicineBusinessPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicMilitaryWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Marlow
Ranked by languages covered: Steve Redgrave with 37, then Josiah Latimer Clark with 15 and Galen Weston with 13.
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#2Science & Medicine
Josiah Latimer Clark
1822–1898British electrical engineer (1822–1898)
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#3Known for
What Marlow is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Marlow
A further 10 follow, born between 1816 and 1977.
Humphry Berkeley
1926–1994British politician, Member of Parliament 1959–1966 (1926–1994)
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, High Wycombe has the most on record, with 107.
High Wycombe · 4 miAaron Taylor-Johnson & 106 more
Maidenhead · 4 miHugh Lofting & 51 more
Beaconsfield · 6 miTerry Pratchett & 21 more
Cookham · 2 miStanley Spencer & 16 more
Bourne End · 3 miRosamond Lehmann & 6 moreJSFlackwell Heath and Wooburn Green · 3 miJohn Saunders & 1 moreTLHazlemere · 6 miTerry Long & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Marlow
Who is the most famous person from Marlow?
Steve Redgrave (British rower) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 37 languages. Next come Josiah Latimer Clark and Galen Weston.
How many famous people were born in Marlow?
13 people born in Marlow have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Marlow known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 13. That is 15% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Marlow?
Rice Owen Clark, born in 1816. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Marlow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Marlow’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 (10)
- Steve Redgrave: Steve_Redgrave_20110525.jpg: Phil Guest derivative work: MachoCarioca, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah Latimer Clark: Louis Figuier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Galen Weston: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baron Bliss: Ickx6, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rice Owen Clark: Western Leader, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson: LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Lofting: Unknown (Before 1925) Depicts Hugh Lofting (1886-1947), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Pratchett: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Spencer: No answer by website owner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosamond Lehmann: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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