EC#1
Science & Medicine
Ethel May Collins
born 1909English supercentenarian (born 1909)
27 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Photo: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire
The 2 famous people born in Shipton Bellinger, led by Ethel May Collins
The best known is the English supercentenarian Ethel May Collins, with articles in 27 languages. The list has one more: the English footballer Douglas Hunt. Reg Presley heads the list in Andover, 8 mi away, which has 38 names. Over 5 years of births, the list goes from Ethel May Collins (1909) to Douglas Hunt (1914).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Ethel May Collins
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Ethel May Collins
Youngest
1914
Douglas Hunt
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Shipton Bellinger
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Known for
What Shipton Bellinger is known for
Science & Medicine 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
Andover leads the towns around it, with 38 names.
Questions about famous people from Shipton Bellinger
Who is the most famous person from Shipton Bellinger?
Ethel May Collins (English supercentenarian (born 1909)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 27 languages. Next come Douglas Hunt.
How many famous people were born in Shipton Bellinger?
2 people born in Shipton Bellinger have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Shipton Bellinger known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shipton Bellinger?
Ethel May Collins, born in 1909. The youngest on the list was born in 1914.
Who counts as from Shipton Bellinger?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shipton Bellinger’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 (2)
- Reg Presley: Fontana Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Blunt: Teca Lamboglia from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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