Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0Upper Froyle has no famous person on record yet
Nearby, Alton, 3 mi away, lists 21, led by Jimmy Dickinson. 93 towns in Hampshire have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Hampshire is Portsmouth’s, with 546 names. Southampton has the second-longest list in Hampshire, after Portsmouth, with 502.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Upper Froyle’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Upper Froyle yet.
Famous people born near Upper Froyle
The longest list nearby is Alton’s, with 21.
Questions about famous people from Upper Froyle
Who counts as from Upper Froyle?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Upper Froyle’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)
- Jimmy Dickinson: Pompey Rog, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Rolt: Daan Noske / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Maxwell-Lefroy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Hawkins: Mitchea99, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hew Pike: Jack1956, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Beldham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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