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Photo: English wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Netley, Hampshire
Netley’s famous people span 127 years: 3 births from 1792 to 1919
At the top of the list is the English footballer Doug McGibbon, covered in 6 languages. Annie Massy is second and Thomas Hudson Beare third. For more famous names, Southampton is 4 mi away: its list has 502, led by Rishi Sunak. The list’s best known name, Doug McGibbon, dates from 1919.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Doug McGibbon
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1792
Thomas Hudson Beare
Youngest
1919
Doug McGibbon
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Netley
Doug McGibbon, Annie Massy and Thomas Hudson Beare are written about in 6, 3 and 1 languages.
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Military
Annie Massy
1868–1931Irish marine biologist, ornithologist and malacologist (1868 – 1931)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What Netley is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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
The longest list nearby is Southampton’s, with 502.
RSSouthampton · 4 miRishi Sunak & 501 more
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu · 3 miBruce Parry & 6 more
Locks Heath · 3 miRachel Russell, Baroness Russell & 6 more
Hamble-le-Rice · 1 miDanielle Rowe & 5 more
Holbury · 4 miEdgar Gibson & 3 more
Bursledon · 2 miClaude Grahame-White & 2 moreJMBotley · 5 miJohn Mills
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu · 3 miBruce Parry & 6 moreLocks Heath · 3 miRachel Russell, Baroness Russell & 6 moreHamble-le-Rice · 1 miDanielle Rowe & 5 moreHolbury · 4 miEdgar Gibson & 3 moreBursledon · 2 miClaude Grahame-White & 2 moreJMBotley · 5 miJohn MillsQuestions about famous people from Netley
Who is the most famous person from Netley?
Doug McGibbon (English footballer (1919-2002)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Annie Massy and Thomas Hudson Beare.
How many famous people were born in Netley?
3 people born in Netley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Netley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Netley?
Thomas Hudson Beare, born in 1792. The youngest on the list was born in 1919.
Who counts as from Netley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Netley’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)
- Bruce Parry: BritishExpeditions, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell: William Dobson, 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
- Claude Grahame-White: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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