#1Writing & Arts
Margaret Mee
1909–1988British botanical artist (1909-1988)
22 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Chesham, Buckinghamshire
8 famous people were born in Chesham, most of them in the 20th century
At the top of the list is the British botanical artist Margaret Mee, covered in 22 languages. Second and third on the list are Arthur Lasenby Liberty and Joan Gardner. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3.4, close to the 2.3 of the typical Buckinghamshire town. Over 135 years of births, the list goes from Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843) to Kate Madison (1978).
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Margaret Mee
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Arthur Lasenby Liberty
Youngest
1978
Kate Madison
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Chesham
Counted by languages, Margaret Mee is ahead of Arthur Lasenby Liberty and Joan Gardner: 22, 12 and 8.
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#2Business
Arthur Lasenby Liberty
1843–1917British merchant, founder of Liberty & Co. (1843–1917)
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Chesham’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chesham is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Chesham
5 more names, born between 1899 and 1978.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Berkhamsted counts 37 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Berkhamsted · 4 miGraham Greene & 36 more
Chalfont St Giles · 6 miNick Clegg & 12 more
Amersham · 2 miMervyn King & 6 more
Bovingdon · 3 miFrances de la Tour & 1 moreBAPrestwood and Great Missenden · 5 miBill Atkins & 1 more
Little Chalfont · 4 miTerri SeymourNSLittle Kingshill · 4 miNorah SmallwoodNPGreat Kingshill · 6 miNik PowellQuestions about famous people from Chesham
Who is the most famous person from Chesham?
Margaret Mee (British botanical artist (1909-1988)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages. Next come Arthur Lasenby Liberty and Joan Gardner.
How many famous people were born in Chesham?
8 people born in Chesham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Chesham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chesham?
Arthur Lasenby Liberty, born in 1843. The youngest on the list was born in 1978.
Who counts as from Chesham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chesham’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)
- Margaret Mee: Tony Morrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Lasenby Liberty: Arthur Hacker (1858-1919), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Gardner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Greene: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 84697: Adományozó/Donor: Magyar Hírek folyóirat. archive copy at the Wayback Machine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Clegg: Picture by Marcel Grabowski / UK Gov - UK Government, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mervyn King: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances de la Tour: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terri Seymour: Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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