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Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Uplyme, Devon
Alfred Templeman is the only name on the Uplyme list
Alfred Templeman, the British general, is the town’s one entry. Of its neighbours, Bridport, 9 mi away, lists the most: 21, Frederick Weld first. One language has an article about them so far. Famous people are on record for 83 of the towns in Devon.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Alfred Templeman
in 1 Wikipedia languages
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Uplyme
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Bridport has the most people on record, 21 of them.
Bridport · 9 miFrederick Weld & 20 more
Honiton · 11 miJoanne Pavey & 14 more
Lyme Regis · 1 miMary Anning & 8 more
Chard · 10 miMargaret Bondfield & 6 moreJDSeaton · 5 miJohn Denham & 5 moreJABeaminster · 11 miJonah Ayunga & 5 more
Colyton · 5 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 more
Axminster · 4 miWilliam Buckland & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Uplyme
Who is the most famous person from Uplyme?
Alfred Templeman (British general) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Uplyme?
1 people born in Uplyme have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Uplyme known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Uplyme?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Uplyme’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)
- Frederick Weld: Herman John Schmidt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanne Pavey: SNappa2006, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Anning: Credited to 'Mr. Grey' in Crispin Tickell's book 'Mary Anning of Lyme Regis' (1996), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Bondfield: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet: Edmund Scott, published by Samuel William Fores, after Mather Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Buckland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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