#1Film, TV & Stage
Kenneth More
1914–1982British film and stage actor (1914–1982)
29 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
Of the 10 famous people born in Gerrards Cross, an unusual share are performers
Kenneth More, the British film and stage actor, is the most widely known, written about in 29 languages. Second and third on the list are Alexander Richardson and Joan Gale Robinson. In the 20th century, 9 were born, the most of any period. Fewer than a quarter of the 65 towns in Buckinghamshire with famous people list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Kenneth More
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Alexander Richardson
Youngest
1947
Jenny Hanley
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
4 people
What stands out about Gerrards Cross’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Gerrards Cross is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 4.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Gerrards Cross
The three are covered in 29, 16 and 12 languages: Kenneth More, Alexander Richardson and Joan Gale Robinson.
#1
#2Military
Alexander Richardson
1887–1964British Army officer and bobsledder (1887-1964)
16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JR#3
Writing & Arts
Joan Gale Robinson
1910–1988English novelist and illustrator (1910–1988)
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Gerrards Cross’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 4.
Film, TV & StageMilitaryWriting & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Gerrards Cross
Another 7, the earliest born in 1910.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Slough has the most people on record, 132 of them.
Slough · 5 miJohn Frederick William Herschel & 131 more
Beaconsfield · 4 miTerry Pratchett & 21 more
Chalfont St Giles · 4 miNick Clegg & 12 moreJHIver · 5 miJulian Haviland & 6 morePOChalfont St Peter · 2 miPatrick O'Brian & 3 moreVAFarnham Common and Farnham Royal · 3 miVic Armstrong & 1 more
Seer Green · 3 miBenedict Read & 1 more
Iver Heath · 3 miPrince Michael of KentQuestions about famous people from Gerrards Cross
Who is the most famous person from Gerrards Cross?
Kenneth More (British film and stage actor (1914–1982)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 29 languages. Next come Alexander Richardson and Joan Gale Robinson.
How many famous people were born in Gerrards Cross?
10 people born in Gerrards Cross have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Gerrards Cross known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 4 of the 10. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gerrards Cross?
Alexander Richardson, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
Who counts as from Gerrards Cross?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gerrards Cross’ 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 (9)
- Kenneth More: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Richardson: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenny Hanley: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorick Wilks: Al Silonov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Frederick William Herschel: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Pratchett: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Clegg: Picture by Marcel Grabowski / UK Gov - UK Government, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benedict Read: Artcyprus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince Michael of Kent: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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