#1Famous people · Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire
Upton St Leonards, birthplace of the British Army general Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements
In 1855, the British Army general Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements was born. That places their birth in the Victorian era. One language has an article about them so far. Gustav Holst heads the list in Cheltenham, 6 mi away, which has 264 names.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Upton St Leonards
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Cheltenham has the most people on record, 264 of them.
Questions about famous people from Upton St Leonards
Who is the most famous person from Upton St Leonards?
Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements (British Army general) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Upton St Leonards?
1 people born in Upton St Leonards have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Upton St Leonards known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Upton St Leonards?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Upton St Leonards’ 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?
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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 (7)
- Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements: Photograph by Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustav Holst: Herbert Lambert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wheatstone: Samuel Laurence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Evans: Cardiff University, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Algernon Weddell: Léopold Dubois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Pegg: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Redding: HubertduMaine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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