#1Science & Medicine
Charles Cardale Babington
1808–1895English botanist and archaeologist (1808-1895)
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Famous people · Ludlow, Shropshire
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 32 famous people born in Ludlow
Most widely known is Charles Cardale Babington, the English botanist and archaeologist, with articles in 17 languages. Second place goes to the British photographer Henry Peach Robinson, third to Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March. Per head, the list is long: 31.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Shropshire has 6.2. 10 of them were born in the Georgian era, more than in any other period.
Born here
32
notable people
Best known
Charles Cardale Babington
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1286
Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville
Youngest
1996
Harry Burgoyne
Most common field
Writing & Arts
7 people
What stands out about Ludlow’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ludlow is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 2.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Ludlow’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawSportsBusinessFilm, TV & StageMilitaryMusicNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ludlow
Charles Cardale Babington has articles in 17 languages, Henry Peach Robinson in 17 and Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March in 12.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Henry Peach Robinson
1830–1901British photographer (1830–1901)
17 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Politics & Law
Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March
1328–1360English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War (1328-1360)
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ludlow
29 more, 6 of them writers and artists.
Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville
1286–1356Daughter of Sir Piers de Geneville and Joan of Lusignan
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Charles Badham
1813–1884English classical philologist, textual critic, headmaster, and university professor, active in England and Australia
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Thomas Holland
1539–1612English Calvinist scholar and theologian, one of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
2 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Ludlow
Who is the most famous person from Ludlow?
Charles Cardale Babington (English botanist and archaeologist (1808-1895)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Henry Peach Robinson and Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March.
How many famous people were born in Ludlow?
32 people born in Ludlow have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 39 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ludlow known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 7 of the 32. That is 22% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ludlow?
Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, born in 1286. The youngest on the list was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Ludlow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ludlow’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 (20)
- Charles Cardale Babington: Worthy Vizard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Peach Robinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March: Photo British Library; painted by or for William Bruges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Heckstall-Smith: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Mortimer: John Neagle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick: Own work by Editornado, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Eliza Rundell: Maria Rundell (1745–1828), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Dunne: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley J. Weyman: uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Tolley: Ingy The Wingy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John David Brewer: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lark Davies: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Johnes: Thomas Stothard (17 August 1755 - 27 April 1834) was an English painter and engraver., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Owen: William Owen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Marston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Baldwin Rogers: Unknown (Life time: Unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Badham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Holland: Possibly Magdalena van de Passe / Possibly Willem van de Passe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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