#1Science & Medicine
Gilbert Barling
1855–1940British doctor (1855–1940)
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Famous people · Newnham, Gloucestershire
2 famous people were born in Newnham
Gilbert Barling, the British doctor, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The list has one more: the British architect Hugh Patrick Guarin Maule. Within 2 mi, Cinderford lists the most: 6, with John McAfee first. Born in 1855, Gilbert Barling is the first name on record, and Hugh Patrick Guarin Maule, born in 1873, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Gilbert Barling
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Gilbert Barling
Youngest
1873
Hugh Patrick Guarin Maule
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Newnham
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Known for
What Newnham is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Cinderford, at 6.
Questions about famous people from Newnham
Who is the most famous person from Newnham?
Gilbert Barling (British doctor (1855–1940)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Hugh Patrick Guarin Maule.
How many famous people were born in Newnham?
2 people born in Newnham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Newnham known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newnham?
Gilbert Barling, born in 1855. The youngest on the list was born in 1873.
Who counts as from Newnham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newnham’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)
- Gilbert Barling: Lafayette Ltd., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John McAfee: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muriel Powell: Dame Muriel Powell by Godfrey Argent, bromide print, 25 November 1969 Commissioned, 1969, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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