#1Famous people · Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire
Stoke Mandeville is the birthplace of 3 famous people
James Roberts, the footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Luke Webb and Sam Aspland-Robinson. Within 2 mi, Aylesbury lists the most: 103, with Andrea Leadsom first. The list comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.3 in the typical town in Buckinghamshire.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
James Roberts
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1995
Luke Webb
Youngest
1997
Sam Aspland-Robinson
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Stoke Mandeville
James Roberts, Luke Webb and Sam Aspland-Robinson are written about in 4, 2 and 1 languages.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Aylesbury lists the most people: 103.
Aylesbury · 2 miAndrea Leadsom & 102 moreJWTring · 5 miJohn Washington & 14 more
Wendover · 3 miCecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin & 9 moreRDBierton · 3 miRichard John Durley & 1 more
Aston Clinton · 3 miDaniel Bacheler & 1 moreESPrinces Risborough · 5 miEdward Stone & 1 more
Haddenham · 6 miDoreen Carwithen & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Stoke Mandeville
Who is the most famous person from Stoke Mandeville?
James Roberts (footballer (born 1996)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Luke Webb and Sam Aspland-Robinson.
How many famous people were born in Stoke Mandeville?
3 people born in Stoke Mandeville have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Stoke Mandeville known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stoke Mandeville?
Luke Webb, born in 1995. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Stoke Mandeville?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stoke Mandeville’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 (5)
- James Roberts: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrea Leadsom: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin: Smithsonian Institution/Science Service, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Bacheler: Thomas Lant, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doreen Carwithen: Photo by Alec Davison., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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