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Walter Braithwaite
1865–1945British military officer and herald (1865-1945)
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Famous people · Alne, North Yorkshire
Alne’s famous people span 248 years: 2 births from 1617 to 1865
Walter Braithwaite, the British military officer and herald, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The list has one more: the English politician Slingsby Bethel. Just 6 mi away, Boroughbridge’s list holds 6 names, Isabella Bird the best known. The longest list of any town in North Yorkshire belongs to York, with 396.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Walter Braithwaite
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1617
Slingsby Bethel
Youngest
1865
Walter Braithwaite
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Alne
#1SB#2
Known for
What Alne is known for
The largest field is Military, 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 longest list nearby is Boroughbridge’s, with 6.
Boroughbridge · 6 miIsabella Bird & 5 more
Easingwold · 3 miKevin Hollinrake & 4 more
Upper Poppleton · 8 miFlora Sandes & 2 morePPHuntington · 10 miPeter Pickering & 2 moreJTWigginton · 8 miJohn Tew & 1 moreTDHuby (Hambleton) · 4 miTom DresserJNSkelton (York) · 7 miJohn Nelson
Tockwith · 8 miNigel MooreQuestions about famous people from Alne
Who is the most famous person from Alne?
Walter Braithwaite (British military officer and herald (1865-1945)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Slingsby Bethel.
How many famous people were born in Alne?
2 people born in Alne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Alne 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 Alne?
Slingsby Bethel, born in 1617. The youngest on the list was born in 1865.
Who counts as from Alne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Alne’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)
- Walter Braithwaite: photographer not identified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabella Bird: G.P. Putnam's Sons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Hollinrake: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Flora Sandes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Moore: United Autosports, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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