#1Famous people · Sparsholt, Hampshire
Sparsholt is the birthplace of 2 famous people
At the top of the list is the British army officer Herbert Stewart, covered in 10 languages. William Stewart is the only other name on the list. The list runs from Herbert Stewart, born in 1843, to William Stewart, born in 1847. The neighbour with the longest list is Winchester, 3 mi away: 176, led by Henry III of England.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Herbert Stewart
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Herbert Stewart
Youngest
1847
William Stewart
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Sparsholt
#1WS#2
Known for
What Sparsholt is known for
Military 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
The neighbour with the most names is Winchester, at 176.
Questions about famous people from Sparsholt
Who is the most famous person from Sparsholt?
Herbert Stewart (British army officer (1843-1885)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come William Stewart.
How many famous people were born in Sparsholt?
2 people born in Sparsholt have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Sparsholt known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sparsholt?
Herbert Stewart, born in 1843. The youngest on the list was born in 1847.
Who counts as from Sparsholt?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sparsholt’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)
- Herbert Stewart: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry III of England: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Petty: John Closterman, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Birch Freeman: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Mary Yonge: Duke Yonge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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