#1Famous people · Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Fordingbridge’s famous people span 172 years: 5 births from 1779 to 1951
Frank Jefferis, the English footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are Alan Green and Charles Reeves. Most were born in the Georgian era: 3 of them. The biggest group are athletes: 2.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Frank Jefferis
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1779
Charles Chubb
Youngest
1951
Alan Green
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Fordingbridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fordingbridge’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1810s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsWriting & ArtsNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Fordingbridge
Ranked by languages covered: Frank Jefferis with 7, then Alan Green with 3 and Charles Reeves with 2.
#1AG#2
Sports
Alan Green
born 1951English former professional footballer, born 1951
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Known for
What Fordingbridge is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fordingbridge
2 more, from 1779 to 1816.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Ringwood leads the towns around it, with 14 names.
Questions about famous people from Fordingbridge
Who is the most famous person from Fordingbridge?
Frank Jefferis (English footballer (1884-1938)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Alan Green and Charles Reeves.
How many famous people were born in Fordingbridge?
5 people born in Fordingbridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Fordingbridge known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fordingbridge?
Charles Chubb, born in 1779. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
Who counts as from Fordingbridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fordingbridge’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 (2)
- Frank Jefferis: Phil4 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Reeves: Glenn Salt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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