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Gilbert White
1720–179318th-century English priest and naturalist; (1720-1793)
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Famous people · Selborne, Hampshire
The 2 famous people born in Selborne, led by Gilbert White
Gilbert White leads the list, covered in 26 languages. The list has one more: the English cricketer Thomas Heighes. Born in 1720, Gilbert White is the first name on record, and Thomas Heighes, born in 1825, the most recent. The neighbour with the longest list is Alton, 4 mi away: 21, led by Jimmy Dickinson.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Gilbert White
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1720
Gilbert White
Youngest
1825
Thomas Heighes
Most common field
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1 people
The best known
Born in Selborne
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Known for
What Selborne is known for
Ministers and preachers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Selborne
Who is the most famous person from Selborne?
Gilbert White (18th-century English priest and naturalist; (1720-1793)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages. Next come Thomas Heighes.
How many famous people were born in Selborne?
2 people born in Selborne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Selborne 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 Selborne?
Gilbert White, born in 1720. The youngest on the list was born in 1825.
Who counts as from Selborne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Selborne’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 (6)
- Gilbert White: 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
- Jessica Hawkins: Mitchea99, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hew Pike: Jack1956, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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