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Famous people · Aveley, Essex
Aveley counts 5 famous people, first among them Paul Allen
The best known is the British footballer Paul Allen, with articles in 14 languages. Paul Cobb, the association football player, comes second, with Robert W. Gibson third. Born in 1854, Robert W. Gibson is the first name on record, and Paul Cobb, born in 1972, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents there are 5.3 on the list, well above the typical Essex town’s 1.4.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Paul Allen
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1854
Robert W. Gibson
Youngest
1972
Paul Cobb
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Aveley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Aveley’s famous people were born
The 1960s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Aveley
By how many languages cover them, Paul Allen comes first (14), then Paul Cobb (6) and Robert W. Gibson (5).
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#3Writing & Arts
Robert W. Gibson
1854–1927American architect (1854–1927)
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Known for
What Aveley is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Aveley
2 more, best known first.
Kate Evelyn Luard
1872–1962Nurse and recipient of the Royal Red Cross medal 1st class and bar
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Havering, at 232.
Questions about famous people from Aveley
Who is the most famous person from Aveley?
Paul Allen (British footballer (born 1962)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Paul Cobb and Robert W. Gibson.
How many famous people were born in Aveley?
5 people born in Aveley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Aveley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Aveley?
Robert W. Gibson, born in 1854. The youngest on the list was born in 1972.
Who counts as from Aveley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Aveley’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 (5)
- Robert W. Gibson: Moses King, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Lampard: Mehdi Bolourian, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mick Jagger: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Bennett: @cfcunofficial (Chelsea Debs) London, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleanor Pike: Laurence Warburton Pike, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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