#1Famous people · Ropley, Hampshire
William Howley tops a list of 2 famous people born in Ropley
William Howley, the archbishop of Canterbury, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. The other is Brian Timms, the English cricketer. Go 7 mi to Alton and the list grows to 21, with Jimmy Dickinson at the top. Born in 1766, William Howley is the first name on record, and Brian Timms, born in 1940, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
William Howley
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1766
William Howley
Youngest
1940
Brian Timms
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Ropley
#1BT#2
Known for
What Ropley is known for
Faith leads the fields, with 1 people.
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
Of the towns around it, Alton has the most on record: 21.
Questions about famous people from Ropley
Who is the most famous person from Ropley?
William Howley (archbishop of Canterbury (1766-1848)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Brian Timms.
How many famous people were born in Ropley?
2 people born in Ropley 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 Ropley known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ropley?
William Howley, born in 1766. The youngest on the list was born in 1940.
Who counts as from Ropley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ropley’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)
- William Howley: Martin Archer Shee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Dickinson: Pompey Rog, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calum Chambers: Ronnie McDonald, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Rolt: Daan Noske / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary of Waltham: Thomas Hollis and George Hollis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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