#1Politics & Law
James, Earl of Wessex
born 2007Son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
44 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Frimley, Surrey
Of the 62 famous people born in Frimley, an unusual share are soldiers and sailors
Best known of all is James, Earl of Wessex, written about in 44 languages. Close behind are Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and Jonny Wilkinson. 41 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Only 5 of the 72 towns in Surrey with anyone on record list more.
Born here
62
notable people
Best known
James, Earl of Wessex
in 44 Wikipedia languages
First
1804
James Cobbett
Youngest
2007
James, Earl of Wessex
Most common field
Sports
47 people
What stands out about Frimley’s famous people
Still making names49 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2007.A town of soldiers and sailors5 of the 62 people born here are soldiers and sailors, 2.2× the usual share.Known worldwideRead in 44 languages, James, Earl of Wessex is known far beyond the town.62 notable peopleFrimley lists 62 notable people, more than most towns.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Frimley’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 15 people born in that decade.
SportsMilitaryFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Frimley is known for
Compared with the usual town, soldiers and sailors are the most over-represented field, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Frimley
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
born 2003Noblewoman; daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
42 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Frimley
59 more names, born between 1804 and 2003.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Camberley, at 42.
Questions about famous people from Frimley
Who is the most famous person from Frimley?
James, Earl of Wessex (son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 44 languages. Next come Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and Jonny Wilkinson.
How many famous people were born in Frimley?
62 people born in Frimley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 67 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Frimley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 47 of the 62. That is 76% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Frimley?
James Cobbett, born in 1804. The youngest on the list was born in 2007.
Who counts as from Frimley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Frimley’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 (16)
- James, Earl of Wessex: NZ Defence Force, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor: Mark Jones, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonny Wilkinson: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Pattison: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toby Flood: Patrick Subotkiewiez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John McFall: Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Watts: Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margot Ravinel: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Collard: Stephen Tait, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Clucas: Fairv8, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Broadhurst: Cuthbert Orde, for Air Ministry of UK government., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Regan: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reginald Hildyard: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Robert Ford: Jamesrford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Robinson: W. Punt for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Patterson: Credit: "From photo by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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