#1Famous people · Andover, Hampshire
38 famous people were born in Andover, more of them soldiers and sailors than in most towns
At the top of the list is the British singer Reg Presley, covered in 19 languages. More than half were born in the 20th century, 21 in all. Over 273 years of births, the list goes from James Paine (1717) to Arron Monk (1990). The list is still growing: 6 were born since 1970.
Born here
38
notable people
Best known
Reg Presley
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1717
James Paine
Youngest
1990
Arron Monk
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Andover’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Andover is known for
Andover has 4.3× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Andover’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsMilitaryWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableMusicScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Andover
Reg Presley has articles in 19 languages, Kate Howey in 18 and Katie Piper in 17.
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#3Politics & Law
Katie Piper
born 1983British philanthropist, presenter, writer and model
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Andover
A further 35 follow, born between 1717 and 1990.
Richard Trowbridge
1920–2003Royal Navy admiral and Governor of Western Australia (1920-2003)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Tidworth: 11.
Questions about famous people from Andover
Who is the most famous person from Andover?
Reg Presley (British singer (1941–2013)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 19 languages. Next come Kate Howey and Katie Piper.
How many famous people were born in Andover?
38 people born in Andover have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 42 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Andover known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 17 of the 38. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Andover?
James Paine, born in 1717. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Andover?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Andover’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 (15)
- Reg Presley: Fontana Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Piper: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucinda Green: Owain.davies, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Baron Clarke: Maull & Fox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Paine: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Herbert Joyce: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Barnaby: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Lord William Paulet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis de Niverville: Galerie Q, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janet Wilmshurst: Royalsocietynz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Hawken: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ned Boulting: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Blunt: Teca Lamboglia from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Williams: Mockridge, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1844-1913, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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