#1Politics & Law
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
1473–1484Only legitimate child of Richard III of England
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Famous people · Middleham, North Yorkshire
2 famous people were born in Middleham from 1473 to 1848
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales is the best known, with articles in 28 languages. The list has one more: the English rugby union footballer Richard Osborne. Of its neighbours, Richmond, 9 mi away, lists the most: 27, John Lawrence first. The longest list of any town in North Yorkshire belongs to York, with 396.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1473
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
Youngest
1848
Richard Osborne
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Middleham
#1#2Sports
Richard Osborne
1848–1926English rugby union footballer (1848-1926)
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Known for
What Middleham is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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
Richmond leads the towns around it, with 27 names.
Questions about famous people from Middleham
Who is the most famous person from Middleham?
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (only legitimate child of Richard III of England) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 28 languages. Next come Richard Osborne.
How many famous people were born in Middleham?
2 people born in Middleham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Middleham known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Middleham?
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, born in 1473. The youngest on the list was born in 1848.
Who counts as from Middleham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Middleham’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)
- Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Osborne: Francis Marshall (book), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lawrence: Maull and Polybank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alistair Petrie: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Darville: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wycliffe: Thomas Kirkby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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