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Famous people · Uley, Gloucestershire

2 famous people come from Uley, Edward Granville Browne the best known

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.

#1 best knownEdward Granville BrowneWriting & Arts · 1861–1926
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Edward Granville Browne
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Benjamin Browne
Youngest
1861
Edward Granville Browne
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known

Born in Uley

Edward Granville Browne#1
Writing & Arts

Edward Granville Browne

1861–1926

British Iranologist (1862–1926)

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BB#2
Science & Medicine

Benjamin Browne

1839–1917

Engineer and shipbuilder (1839–1917)

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Known for

What Uley is known for

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.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Stroud’s, at 55 names.

Questions about famous people from Uley

Who is the most famous person from Uley?

Edward 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.

How many famous people were born in Uley?

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.

What is Uley known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Uley?

Benjamin Browne, born in 1839. The youngest on the list was born in 1861.

Who counts as from Uley?

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.

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).

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