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Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · West Parley, Dorset
2 famous people were born in West Parley
At the top of the list is the British footballer Ben Dickenson, covered in 6 languages. The only other name is the English cricketer Malcolm Heath. Bournemouth, 4 mi off, can claim 205 famous people, the best known Virginia Wade. Born in 1934, Malcolm Heath is the first name on record, and Ben Dickenson, born in 1993, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Ben Dickenson
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1934
Malcolm Heath
Youngest
1993
Ben Dickenson
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in West Parley
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Bournemouth: 205.
Questions about famous people from West Parley
Who is the most famous person from West Parley?
Ben Dickenson (British footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Malcolm Heath.
How many famous people were born in West Parley?
2 people born in West Parley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is West Parley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from West Parley?
Malcolm Heath, born in 1934. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from West Parley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside West Parley’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 (4)
- Virginia Wade: UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John le Carré: Krimidoedel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Fripp: Sean Coon from Greensboro, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Reeves: Glenn Salt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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