#1Politics & Law
Edward the Confessor
?–1066Anglo-Saxon King of England from 1042 to 1066
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Famous people · Islip, Oxfordshire
Islip has just one famous person to its name: Edward the Confessor
Nearby, Oxford, 5 mi away, lists 707, led by Stephen Hawking. The Oxfordshire lists hold names for 68 towns. 70 languages have an article about Edward the Confessor. Oxford’s 707 names make the longest list in Oxfordshire.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Edward the Confessor
in 70 Wikipedia languages
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
What stands out about Islip’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Islip
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Oxford, at 707.
Questions about famous people from Islip
Who is the most famous person from Islip?
Edward the Confessor (Anglo-Saxon King of England from 1042 to 1066) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 70 languages.
How many famous people were born in Islip?
1 people born in Islip have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Islip known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Islip?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Islip’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 the Confessor: Myrabella, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Hawking: Tanya Hart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kieran Bird: National Lottery Good Causes, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Callum O'Dowda: Rogan200, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Vance: Ssaco, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellie Darcey-Alden: JDNightMhalelOsamaGhobhadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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