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Edward Stone
1702–1768English Anglican priest who discovered the active ingredient of aspirin
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Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
Edward Stone tops a list of 2 famous people born in Princes Risborough
Best known of all is Edward Stone, written about in 10 languages. The other is John Turner, the minor Counties cricketer. Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin tops the 10 names on record in Wendover, 5 mi away. From Edward Stone to John Turner, the births on the list run from 1702 to 1949.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Edward Stone
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1702
Edward Stone
Youngest
1949
John Turner
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Princes Risborough
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What Princes Risborough is known for
The largest field is Faith, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Wendover’s, with 10.
Questions about famous people from Princes Risborough
Who is the most famous person from Princes Risborough?
Edward Stone (English Anglican priest who discovered the active ingredient of aspirin) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come John Turner.
How many famous people were born in Princes Risborough?
2 people born in Princes Risborough have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Princes Risborough known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Princes Risborough?
Edward Stone, born in 1702. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Princes Risborough?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Princes Risborough’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 (4)
- Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin: Smithsonian Institution/Science Service, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Roberts: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doreen Carwithen: Photo by Alec Davison., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Clayton: U2_@_Scott_Stadium_2.jpg: John Athayde derivative work: Y2kcrazyjoker4, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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