#1Famous people · Bramhope, West Yorkshire
Bramhope has just one famous person to its name: William Rhodes
William Rhodes, the Canadian politician, was born in 1821. That places their birth in the Georgian era. Their name appears in articles in 2 languages. For more famous names, Leeds is 6 mi away: its list has 1,215, led by Peter O'Toole.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
William Rhodes
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1821
William Rhodes
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Bramhope
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Leeds has the longest list next door: 1,215.
Leeds · 6 miPeter O'Toole & 1,214 more
Pudsey · 6 miBenjamin Henry Latrobe & 30 more
Otley · 4 miJulian Sands & 23 moreDWYeadon · 3 miDavid Wilman & 5 more
Calverley · 5 miFrederick William Faber & 4 more
Rawdon · 3 miBrian Close & 3 moreWBBurley in Wharfedale · 6 miWalter Burley & 2 more
Menston · 5 miSam Riley & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Bramhope
Who is the most famous person from Bramhope?
William Rhodes (Canadian politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bramhope?
1 people born in Bramhope have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bramhope 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 Bramhope?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bramhope’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 (7)
- William Rhodes: Jules-Ernest Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter O'Toole: ABC TV, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Sands: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick William Faber: Joseph Brown, engraver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Close: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Riley: Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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