MW#1
Science & Medicine
Max Walters
1920–2005English botanist and conscientious objector (1920-2005)
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Photo: Mick Knapton · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Oughtibridge, South Yorkshire
2 famous people call Oughtibridge their birthplace
The best known is the English botanist and conscientious objector Max Walters, with articles in 5 languages. The list has one more: the English cricketer and British Army officer Arnold Minnis. The neighbour with the longest list is Sheffield, 5 mi away: 1,191, led by Joe Cocker. The earliest on the list is Arnold Minnis, born in 1891, and the youngest Max Walters, born in 1920.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Max Walters
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Arnold Minnis
Youngest
1920
Max Walters
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Oughtibridge
AM#2
Sports
Arnold Minnis
1891–1972English cricketer and British Army officer (1891-1972)
1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Oughtibridge is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Oughtibridge, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Oughtibridge
Who is the most famous person from Oughtibridge?
Max Walters (English botanist and conscientious objector (1920-2005)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Arnold Minnis.
How many famous people were born in Oughtibridge?
2 people born in Oughtibridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Oughtibridge known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oughtibridge?
Arnold Minnis, born in 1891. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
Who counts as from Oughtibridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Oughtibridge’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 (5)
- Joe Cocker: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Pleasence: Finition Productions, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wilder: http://www.oufc.co.uk/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Archer: Manuel Castells Clemente, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene Esmonde: Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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