#1Music
Ellie Goulding
born 1986English singer and songwriter (born 1986)
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Famous people · Hereford, Herefordshire
Hereford leads Herefordshire with 149 famous people
Articles in 77 languages make the English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding the best known. Behind the leader come Frank Oz and David Garrick. The largest group, 59, was born in the 20th century. Over 632 years of births, the list goes from John Carpenter (1372) to Jordan James (2004).
Born here
149
notable people
Best known
Ellie Goulding
in 77 Wikipedia languages
First
1372
John Carpenter
Youngest
2004
Jordan James
Most common field
Sports
71 people
What stands out about Hereford’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Hereford
Ellie Goulding, Frank Oz and David Garrick are written about in 77, 55 and 52 languages.
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Frank Oz
born 1944British and American director, actor, and puppeteer
55 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Film, TV & Stage
David Garrick
1717–1779British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)
52 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Hereford’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 21 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StageMilitaryNotableBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hereford is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 1.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hereford
Still to come: 146 more, from 1372 to 2004.
Edward William Lane
1801–1876British orientalist, translator, lexicographer and peace maker (1801–1876)
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Dora Carrington
1893–1932British painter, photographer and decorative artist (1893–1932)
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Harry Marshall Ward
1854–1906British botanist, mycologist and phytopathologist (1854-1906)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Stringer Lawrence
1697–1775Early British military leader in India (1697-1775)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Alfred Watkins
1855–1935English author, archaeologist, antiquarian and businessman (1855-1935)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Thomas Ayres
1828–1913British-South African brewer, big game hunter, naturalist and collector (1828-1913)
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Elizabeth Gwillim
1763–1807British painter, naturalist, botanical collector and scientific illustrator (1763-1807)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Ralph Neville Hermon Bulmer
1928–1988English ethnobiologist who worked in Papua New Guinea (1928-1988)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
John Prince
1796–1870Lawyer, gentleman farmer and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
John Stanton Ward
1917–2007English portrait artist, landscape painter and illustrator (1917-2007)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Robert Welch
1929–2000English industrial designer and silversmith, 1929-2000 (1929–2000)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet
1866–1940British politician and baronet (1866-1940)
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Horace Searle Anderson
1833–1907MilitaryWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Ross-on-Wye has the most on record: 12.
Questions about famous people from Hereford
Who is the most famous person from Hereford?
Ellie Goulding (English singer and songwriter (born 1986)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 77 languages. Next come Frank Oz and David Garrick.
How many famous people were born in Hereford?
149 people born in Hereford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 167 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hereford known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 71 of the 149. That is 48% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hereford?
John Carpenter, born in 1372. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Hereford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hereford’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 (48)
- Ellie Goulding: PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Oz: Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Garrick: Angelica Kauffmann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Hakluyt: Charles Eamer Kempe., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connor Wickham: CFCUnofficial (Chelsea Debs), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward William Lane: Richard J. Lane, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dora Carrington: Dora Carrington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beryl Reid: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan James: Paté kroute, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marian Stamp Dawkins: Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Law: Gareth Owen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Davis: Sgt. Mallory Vanderschans, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Sharp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Price: The_Hub_4.jpg: shining.darkness derivative work: TW Twit, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Marshall Ward: Not stated on plate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Honeyman-Scott: Ohconfucius, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Farndon: Ohconfucius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stringer Lawrence: Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Wildig: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Richardson: Johnr1960, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clara Evans: Welsh Running, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Newman: en:user:TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Harding: McDarke, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Chambers: wonker from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Anderson: ©House of Commons / Laurie Noble, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katrina Bayonas: Adam Mark Barwick, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaun Pejic: Longbomb / Wilson Wong., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Cole: Stephen Cole, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annasley Park: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrice May Baker: unknown but c 1940, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Brain: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Canning: Colonel Linley Blathwayt who died in 1919, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie McIlroy: Dave Morton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Johnson: Kate Tann (Carine06), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lucy: Various, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Meredith: Lawson Speedway, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Fairs: Jack1956, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lewis-Stempel: TJ994, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lea Wood: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pip Lamb: Lawson Speedway, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Cross: Piotr Kin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Adamsdale: Salim Fadhley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Leighton: The Co-op Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Cheshire: User:Imcalledjed, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Powles: Unknown photographer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Cowles Prichard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doris Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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