#1Famous people · Ripley, Surrey
Eric Clapton and 2 more famous people were born in Ripley
The British musician Eric Clapton is written about in 100 languages. Second place goes to the British theologian Joseph Estlin Carpenter, third to Wally Pullen. Guildford, 5 mi off, can claim 197 famous people, the best known Lily Collins. From Joseph Estlin Carpenter to Eric Clapton, the births on the list run from 1844 to 1945.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Eric Clapton
in 100 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Joseph Estlin Carpenter
Youngest
1945
Eric Clapton
Most common field
Music
1 people
What stands out about Ripley’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Ripley
Three names lead: Eric Clapton (100 languages), Joseph Estlin Carpenter (5) and Wally Pullen (1).
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Known for
What Ripley is known for
The field with the most names is Music: 1.
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
Guildford has the longest list next door: 197.
Guildford · 5 miLily Collins & 196 more
Woking · 4 miSarah Mullally & 106 moreKMCobham · 5 miKenneth McAlpine & 7 more
Addlestone · 5 miArnold Jackson & 6 more
Byfleet · 4 miTom Richardson & 5 moreBHNew Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater · 3 miBob Hall & 3 moreLSSend · 1 miLumpy Stevens & 2 moreDOWest Horsley · 3 miDavid Ogilvy & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Ripley
Who is the most famous person from Ripley?
Eric Clapton (British musician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 100 languages. Next come Joseph Estlin Carpenter and Wally Pullen.
How many famous people were born in Ripley?
3 people born in Ripley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ripley known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ripley?
Joseph Estlin Carpenter, born in 1844. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Ripley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ripley’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)
- Eric Clapton: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Estlin Carpenter: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lily Collins: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Mullally: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Jackson: unkonwn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Richardson: Reinhold Thiele, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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