#1Famous people · Holt, Clwyd
2 famous people were born in Holt from 1485 to 1877
At the top of the list is the footballer Leigh Richmond Roose, covered in 8 languages. The other is Roger Edgeworth, the English theologian. For more famous names, Wrexham is 5 mi away: its list has 215, led by Danny Ward. Leigh Richmond Roose, the best known, was born in 1877.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Leigh Richmond Roose
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1485
Roger Edgeworth
Youngest
1877
Leigh Richmond Roose
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Holt
#1RE#2
Known for
What Holt is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Wrexham: 215.
Questions about famous people from Holt
Who is the most famous person from Holt?
Leigh Richmond Roose (footballer (1877-1916)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Roger Edgeworth.
How many famous people were born in Holt?
2 people born in Holt have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Holt known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Holt?
Roger Edgeworth, born in 1485. The youngest on the list was born in 1877.
Who counts as from Holt?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Holt’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 (6)
- Leigh Richmond Roose: UnknownUnknown (uncredited by source) The original uploader was Mikedash at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wickham: Tajotep, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Charles: Geoff Charles, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Speed: Salomon Savery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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