Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Horton
Ruth Wilson tops the 38 names on record in Ashford, 4 mi away. The list for Horton is empty for now. In Berkshire, 43 towns have someone on the list. No town in Berkshire lists more than Reading, with 387.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Horton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Horton yet.
Famous people born near Horton
The longest list nearby is Ashford’s, with 38.
Ashford · 4 miRuth Wilson & 37 moreHFStaines-upon-Thames · 3 miHarry Freeman & 33 more
Eton · 4 miWilliam Oughtred & 31 moreMWEgham · 3 miMary Wesley & 13 moreGMOld Windsor and Wraysbury · 2 miGeraldine McEwan & 6 moreJHIver · 3 miJulian Haviland & 6 moreBTDatchet · 2 miBruce Tulloh & 5 more
Colnbrook · 1 miSamuel Rayner & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Horton
Who counts as from Horton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Horton’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.
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Photo credits (3)
- Ruth Wilson: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Oughtred: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Rayner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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