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Flora Sandes
1876–1956World War I soldier and nurse (1876-1956)
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Famous people · Upper Poppleton, North Yorkshire
The 3 famous people born in Upper Poppleton, led by Flora Sandes
At the top of the list is the world War I soldier and nurse Flora Sandes, covered in 21 languages. The next two names are Denys Val Baker and Matthew Hutton. The list runs from Matthew Hutton, born in 1638, to Denys Val Baker, born in 1917. For every 10,000 residents there are 8.5 on the list, well above the typical North Yorkshire town’s 4.3.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Flora Sandes
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1638
Matthew Hutton
Youngest
1917
Denys Val Baker
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Upper Poppleton
Flora Sandes has articles in 21 languages, Denys Val Baker in 4 and Matthew Hutton in 1.
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Known for
What Upper Poppleton is known for
Soldiers and sailors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
York has the longest list next door: 396.
Questions about famous people from Upper Poppleton
Who is the most famous person from Upper Poppleton?
Flora Sandes (world War I soldier and nurse (1876-1956)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 21 languages. Next come Denys Val Baker and Matthew Hutton.
How many famous people were born in Upper Poppleton?
3 people born in Upper Poppleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Upper Poppleton known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Upper Poppleton?
Matthew Hutton, born in 1638. The youngest on the list was born in 1917.
Who counts as from Upper Poppleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Upper Poppleton’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)
- Flora Sandes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denys Val Baker: Val Baker family, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. H. Auden: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Sandys: Robert Alonzo Brock, Virgil Anson Lewis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Moore: United Autosports, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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