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Photo: Pasicles · CC0Famous people · Ashley, Hampshire
One famous person was born in Ashley
The English footballer Donovan Browning was born in 1916. That places their birth in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. Go 5 mi to Christchurch and the list grows to 37, with Don Finlay at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Donovan Browning
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Donovan Browning
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Ashley
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Ashley
Who is the most famous person from Ashley?
Donovan Browning (English footballer (1916-1997)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ashley?
1 people born in Ashley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ashley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Ashley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ashley’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 (5)
- Don Finlay: RAF Official, 1941., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Birdy: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Fisher: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Redknapp: Will Palmer from Leeds, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Hooke: Mary Beale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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