#1Politics & Law
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
1640–1660Son of Charles I of England (1640-1660)
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Famous people · Weybridge, Surrey
The son of Charles I of England Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester is the one famous person from Weybridge
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, the son of Charles I of England, was born in 1640. Their birth falls before the Georgians. Articles about them exist in 22 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Chertsey, 3 mi away: 83, led by Robert Green.
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Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
in 22 Wikipedia languages
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1640
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
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Politics & Law
1 people
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Born in Weybridge
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Chertsey’s, with 83.
Chertsey · 3 miRobert Green & 82 more
Sunbury-on-Thames · 3 miJohn Glen & 15 more
Shepperton · 2 miJohn Boorman & 7 more
Addlestone · 2 miArnold Jackson & 6 more
Byfleet · 2 miTom Richardson & 5 more
Hersham · 2 miJimmy Pursey & 5 moreBHNew Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater · 3 miBob Hall & 3 more
Laleham · 4 miMatthew Arnold & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Weybridge
Who is the most famous person from Weybridge?
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (son of Charles I of England (1640-1660)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages.
How many famous people were born in Weybridge?
1 people born in Weybridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Weybridge known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Weybridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Weybridge’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 (8)
- Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester: Adriaen Hanneman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Green: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- John Glen: The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Boorman: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Jackson: unkonwn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Richardson: Reinhold Thiele, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Pursey: Man Alive!, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Arnold: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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