JC#1
Famous people · Ambleside, Cumbria
From 1811 to 1981, Ambleside was the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the British ice hockey player John Coward, with articles in 7 languages. Behind the leader come Charles Robert Bree and Annie Conway. The list comes to 15.2 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Cumbria, at 10.4. John Coward was born in 1907.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Coward
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Charles Robert Bree
Youngest
1981
Annie Conway
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Ambleside
Languages with an article: 7 for John Coward, 4 for Charles Robert Bree, 3 for Annie Conway.
CB#2
Science & Medicine
Charles Robert Bree
1811–1886British physician (1811–1886)
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#3Known for
What Ambleside is known for
Share of Ambleside’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Ambleside
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Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Ambleside
Who is the most famous person from Ambleside?
John Coward (British ice hockey player (1907–1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Charles Robert Bree and Annie Conway.
How many famous people were born in Ambleside?
4 people born in Ambleside have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ambleside known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ambleside?
Charles Robert Bree, born in 1811. The youngest on the list was born in 1981.
Who counts as from Ambleside?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ambleside’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 (3)
- Annie Conway: Paul dobson from ENGLAND, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Eddington: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. M. B. Dobson: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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