#1Music
Ebenezer Prout
1835–1909English musical theorist, writer, teacher and composer
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Famous people · Oundle, Northamptonshire
From 1500 to 1958, Oundle was the birthplace of 9 famous people
Best known of all is Ebenezer Prout, written about in 15 languages. The next two names are Alfred Edward Taylor and James Yorke Bramston. The largest group, 4, was born in the Georgian era. Ebenezer Prout was born in 1835.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Ebenezer Prout
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1500
William Laxton
Youngest
1958
John Knight
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Oundle’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Oundle’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsFaithScience & MedicineSportsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Oundle
By how many languages cover them, Ebenezer Prout comes first (15), then Alfred Edward Taylor (10) and James Yorke Bramston (5).
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#2Writing & Arts
Alfred Edward Taylor
1869–1945British philosopher (1869–1945)
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Faith
James Yorke Bramston
1763–1836English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Oundle is known for
Oundle has 3.8× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Oundle
Another 6, the earliest born in 1500.
John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden
1719–1797British nobleman and soldier (1719-1797)
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William Laxton
1500–1556Master of the Worshipful Company of Grocers and Lord Mayor of London
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Thrapston leads the towns around it, with 6 names.
Questions about famous people from Oundle
Who is the most famous person from Oundle?
Ebenezer Prout (English musical theorist, writer, teacher and composer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Alfred Edward Taylor and James Yorke Bramston.
How many famous people were born in Oundle?
9 people born in Oundle have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Oundle known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 9. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oundle?
William Laxton, born in 1500. The youngest on the list was born in 1958.
Who counts as from Oundle?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Oundle’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)
- Ebenezer Prout: Edward Bent Walker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Edward Taylor: Drummond Young, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Yorke Bramston: not identified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden: after Biagio Rebecca, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Branford: Henry Walter Barnett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Edmund Street: Frederick Waddy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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