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Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Shap, Cumbria
From 1645 to 1779, Shap was the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 14 languages make the British theologian John Mill the best known. The other is John Hodgson. Oliver Turvey heads the list in Penrith, 10 mi away, which has 46 names. The list’s best known name, John Mill, dates from 1645.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
John Mill
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1645
John Mill
Youngest
1779
John Hodgson
Most common field
Faith
2 people
The best known
Born in Shap
JH#2
Faith
John Hodgson
1779–1845English clergyman and county historian of Northumberland
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Penrith counts 46 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Shap
Who is the most famous person from Shap?
John Mill (British theologian) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come John Hodgson.
How many famous people were born in Shap?
2 people born in Shap have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Shap known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shap?
John Mill, born in 1645. The youngest on the list was born in 1779.
Who counts as from Shap?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shap’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 (1)
- Oliver Turvey: Jake Archibald from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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