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Photo: Mike Snoswell · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Otley, Suffolk
Otley has one famous person on record
Roger Osborne, the English footballer, was born in 1950. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 4 languages. Nearby, Woodbridge, 6 mi away, lists 21, led by Frank Morley.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Roger Osborne
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
Roger Osborne
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Otley
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Otley, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Otley
Who is the most famous person from Otley?
Roger Osborne (English footballer (born 1950)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Otley?
1 people born in Otley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Otley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Otley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Otley’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)
- Frank Morley: Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Eno: How We Get To Next, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- June Brown: Joe Freeman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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