#1Edward Granville Browne
1861–1926British Iranologist (1862–1926)
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At the top of the list is the British iranologist Edward Granville Browne, covered in 27 languages. The list has one more: the engineer and shipbuilder Benjamin Browne. Of its neighbours, Stroud, 6 mi away, lists the most: 55, Martin Evans first. Benjamin Browne (1839) and Edward Granville Browne (1861) mark the two ends of the list.

#1British Iranologist (1862–1926)
Engineer and shipbuilder (1839–1917)
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Close by, the fullest list is Stroud’s, at 55 names.
Stroud · 6 miMartin Evans & 54 moreDBDursley · 2 miDave Bruton & 8 more
Stonehouse · 5 miCharles Wilkins & 3 more
Minchinhampton · 5 miJoanna Trollope & 3 moreJSWotton-under-Edge · 4 miJamie Stephens & 2 more
Cam · 3 miFalconer Madan & 1 more
Nailsworth · 4 miJoseph Edkins & 1 more
Kingswood · 5 miLarissa Wilson & 1 moreEdward Granville Browne (British Iranologist (1862–1926)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 27 languages. Next come Benjamin Browne.
2 people born in Uley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Benjamin Browne, born in 1839. The youngest on the list was born in 1861.
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Uley’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.
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