#1Science & Medicine
G.H. Hardy
1877–1947British mathematician (1877–1947)
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Famous people · Cranleigh, Surrey
Of the 8 famous people born in Cranleigh, none is better known than G.H. Hardy
G.H. Hardy, the British mathematician, has articles in 85 languages. 3 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them. From Robert L. J. Ellery to Alex Evans, the births on the list run from 1827 to 1989.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
G.H. Hardy
in 85 Wikipedia languages
First
1827
Robert L. J. Ellery
Youngest
1989
Alex Evans
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Cranleigh’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Cranleigh
Languages with an article: 85 for G.H. Hardy, 16 for Rupert Vansittart, 8 for Mark Parsons.
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#3Through the years
When Cranleigh’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cranleigh is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cranleigh
Of the other 5, 3 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Slinfold leads the towns around it, with 5 names.
Questions about famous people from Cranleigh
Who is the most famous person from Cranleigh?
G.H. Hardy (British mathematician (1877–1947)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 85 languages. Next come Rupert Vansittart and Mark Parsons.
How many famous people were born in Cranleigh?
8 people born in Cranleigh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cranleigh known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cranleigh?
Robert L. J. Ellery, born in 1827. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Cranleigh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cranleigh’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 (6)
- G.H. Hardy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rupert Vansittart: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Parsons: BDZ Sports, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert L. J. Ellery: T. Humphrey & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anton Dolin: Kuehn, Nanette, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Phillips: Jennie Stedman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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