#1Famous people · Bursledon, Hampshire
3 famous people were born in Bursledon
At the top of the list is the British aviator Claude Grahame-White, covered in 9 languages. Bob Charles and Richard Page follow. Within 4 mi, Southampton lists the most: 502, with Rishi Sunak first. The list comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Hampshire, at 2.7.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Claude Grahame-White
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Claude Grahame-White
Youngest
1941
Bob Charles
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Bursledon
By how many languages cover them, Claude Grahame-White comes first (9), then Bob Charles (7) and Richard Page (2).
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Sports
Bob Charles
1941–2014English professional footballer (1941-2014)
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Known for
What Bursledon is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
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
Of the towns nearby, Southampton lists the most people: 502.
Questions about famous people from Bursledon
Who is the most famous person from Bursledon?
Claude Grahame-White (British aviator (1879-1959)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Bob Charles and Richard Page.
How many famous people were born in Bursledon?
3 people born in Bursledon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bursledon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bursledon?
Claude Grahame-White, born in 1879. The youngest on the list was born in 1941.
Who counts as from Bursledon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bursledon’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)
- Claude Grahame-White: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell: William Dobson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Parry: BritishExpeditions, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danielle Rowe: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Gibson: Edwin Alfred Debenham (died 1925), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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