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Famous people · Margate
Athletes stand out among the 8 famous people born in Margate
Eric Eichmann, the American soccer player, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. The Haitian-American soccer player Shanyder Borgelin ranks second, ahead of Arin Hanson. More than half were born since 1970, 7 in all. From Eric Eichmann in 1965 to Sarah Chadwick in 2001, the births cover 36 years.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Eric Eichmann
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1965
Eric Eichmann
Youngest
2001
Sarah Chadwick
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Margate’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Margate’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Margate is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Margate
Eric Eichmann has articles in 16 languages, Shanyder Borgelin in 8 and Arin Hanson in 7.
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Everyone else born in Margate
Another 5, the earliest born in 1987.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Coral Springs, at 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Margate and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (7)
- Shanyder Borgelin: TheSoccerBoy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arin Hanson: DanceOn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtnboZiB_Nqif-YNtp4aB7A), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Smith: Hayden Schiff on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Luzunaris: Steindy, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Freeny: Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Palardy: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Cipes: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons