#1Politics & Law
Eglantyne Jebbs
1876–1928British social reformer, founder of 'Save the Children' (1876-1928)
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Famous people · Ellesmere, Shropshire
Ellesmere counts 7 famous people, first among them Eglantyne Jebbs
Eglantyne Jebbs is the best known, with articles in 24 languages. The biophysicist and structural biologist David Chilton Phillips ranks second, ahead of Peter Lee. The largest group, 4, was born in the Victorian era. The first birth on record is Robert Topham’s, in 1867, and the last Peter Lee’s, in 1956.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Eglantyne Jebbs
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
Robert Topham
Youngest
1956
Peter Lee
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Ellesmere
Three names lead: Eglantyne Jebbs (24 languages), David Chilton Phillips (12) and Peter Lee (7).
#1DP#2
Science & Medicine
David Chilton Phillips
1924–1999Biophysicist and structural biologist (1924-1999)
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Ellesmere’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1870s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ellesmere is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 4 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ellesmere
4 more, from 1867 to 1903.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Ellesmere
Who is the most famous person from Ellesmere?
Eglantyne Jebbs (British social reformer, founder of 'Save the Children' (1876-1928)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come David Chilton Phillips and Peter Lee.
How many famous people were born in Ellesmere?
7 people born in Ellesmere have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ellesmere known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 7. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ellesmere?
Robert Topham, born in 1867. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
Who counts as from Ellesmere?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ellesmere’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)
- Eglantyne Jebbs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Lee: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfred Owen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Clopton Wingfield: Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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