#1Science & Medicine
Ada Goodrich Freer
1857–1931Folklorist and psychic researcher (1857–1931)
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Famous people · Uppingham, Rutland
Uppingham is the birthplace of 6 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the folklorist and psychic researcher Ada Goodrich Freer the best known. Close behind are Gabrielle Maud Vassal and Edward Brown. 4 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. Uppingham ranks 2nd of the 10 towns in Rutland with anyone listed.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Ada Goodrich Freer
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1834
J. Batty Langley
Youngest
1907
Walter Beisiegel
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Uppingham
The three are covered in 4, 4 and 3 languages: Ada Goodrich Freer, Gabrielle Maud Vassal and Edward Brown.
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Through the years
When Uppingham’s famous people were born
The 1830s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Uppingham is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Uppingham
A further 3 follow, born between 1834 and 1907.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Corby, with 17.
Questions about famous people from Uppingham
Who is the most famous person from Uppingham?
Ada Goodrich Freer (folklorist and psychic researcher (1857–1931)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Gabrielle Maud Vassal and Edward Brown.
How many famous people were born in Uppingham?
6 people born in Uppingham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Uppingham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Uppingham?
J. Batty Langley, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1907.
Who counts as from Uppingham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Uppingham’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 (4)
- Ada Goodrich Freer: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabrielle Maud Vassal: Unknown photographer per source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Coyle: Moonfilmsvideo, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Titus Oates: Frederick Wentworth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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