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Sports
Edward Wallington
1854–1933English cricketer, civil servant and administrator in Australia (1854-1933)
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Photo: Mr Ignavy · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Oakley, Hampshire
One famous person was born in Oakley
Edward Wallington came into the world in 1854. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Basingstoke, 3 mi away: 82, led by Elizabeth Hurley.
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notable people
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Edward Wallington
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1854
Edward Wallington
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Oakley
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Basingstoke counts 82 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Basingstoke · 3 miElizabeth Hurley & 81 more
Alton · 11 miJimmy Dickinson & 20 more
Whitchurch · 7 miAlfred Denning, Baron Denning & 6 more
Kingsclere · 6 miJoseph Spence & 5 more
Overton · 4 miJames Williams & 2 moreNATadley · 7 miNick ArnoldGDBramley · 7 miGuy DalyRPSherfield on Loddon · 8 miRodney PalmerQuestions about famous people from Oakley
Who is the most famous person from Oakley?
Edward Wallington (English cricketer, civil servant and administrator in Australia (1854-1933)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Oakley?
1 people born in Oakley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Oakley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Oakley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Oakley’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)
- Elizabeth Hurley: Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Dickinson: Pompey Rog, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Spence: George Vertue, after Isaac Whood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Williams: Mockridge, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1844-1913, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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