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Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Minley, Hampshire
A single famous person was born in Minley: Reginald Hoare
The British diplomat Reginald Hoare was born in 1882. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 5 languages. Frimley, 4 mi away, has 62 on its list, the best known James, Earl of Wessex.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Reginald Hoare
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
Reginald Hoare
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Minley
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Frimley: 62.
Frimley · 4 miJames, Earl of Wessex & 61 more
Camberley · 4 miJoan Robinson & 41 moreDBFarnborough · 3 miDon Beauman & 39 moreRCFleet · 3 miRaquel Cassidy & 12 more
Crowthorne · 4 miFreeman Dyson & 9 moreJDHartley Wintney · 4 miJohn Duigan & 8 more
Sandhurst · 3 miWilliam Patterson & 6 more
Yateley · 1 miDaniel Boys & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Minley
Who is the most famous person from Minley?
Reginald Hoare (British diplomat (1882–1954)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Minley?
1 people born in Minley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Minley known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Minley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Minley’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)
- James, Earl of Wessex: NZ Defence Force, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Robinson: W. Punt for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Freeman Dyson: ioerror, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Patterson: Credit: "From photo by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Boys: User:AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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