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Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Hambledon, Hampshire
William Lashly tops a list of 4 famous people born in Hambledon
Articles in 17 languages make the British explorer William Lashly the best known. Emily Hartridge, the English YouTuber and television presenter, comes second, with Tom Sueter third. The biggest group are athletes: 2. The earliest on the list is George Leer, born in 1748, and the youngest Emily Hartridge, born in 1984.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
William Lashly
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1748
George Leer
Youngest
1984
Emily Hartridge
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Hambledon
First, William Lashly (17 languages), then Emily Hartridge (5) and Tom Sueter (3).
EH#2
Film, TV & Stage
Emily Hartridge
1984–2019English YouTuber and television presenter (1984-2019)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
TS#3
Through the years
When Hambledon’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hambledon is known for
The largest field is Sports, 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 Hambledon
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Hambledon, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Hambledon
Who is the most famous person from Hambledon?
William Lashly (British explorer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Emily Hartridge and Tom Sueter.
How many famous people were born in Hambledon?
4 people born in Hambledon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hambledon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hambledon?
George Leer, born in 1748. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Hambledon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hambledon’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 (4)
- Randal Cremer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiff Needell: Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Beckett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary of Waltham: Thomas Hollis and George Hollis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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