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Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Hailey, Oxfordshire
Hailey has just one famous person to its name: Clapton Crabb Rolfe
The British architect Clapton Crabb Rolfe was born in 1844. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in one language. The nearest list is in Witney, 2 mi away: 18 names, starting with Emma Appleton.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Clapton Crabb Rolfe
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Clapton Crabb Rolfe
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Hailey
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Famous people from the towns next door
Witney leads the towns around it, with 18 names.
Questions about famous people from Hailey
Who is the most famous person from Hailey?
Clapton Crabb Rolfe (British architect) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Hailey?
1 people born in Hailey have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Hailey known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Hailey?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hailey’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).
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- Frederick Whitaker: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Vance: Ssaco, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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