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Babylon · Photo: Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Boreham, Essex
Boreham is the birthplace of 2 famous people
At the top of the list is the British darts player Rod Harrington, covered in 5 languages. The only other name is the cricketer Ray Smith. Of its neighbours, Chelmsford, 3 mi away, lists the most: 193, James A. Robinson first. Over 43 years of births, the list goes from Ray Smith (1914) to Rod Harrington (1957).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Rod Harrington
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Ray Smith
Youngest
1957
Rod Harrington
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Boreham
RS#2
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Chelmsford leads the towns around it, with 193 names.
Chelmsford · 3 miJames A. Robinson & 192 more
Maldon · 6 miSam Ryder & 24 more
Witham · 5 miOlly Murs & 14 moreRAWrittle · 5 miRobert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale & 5 more
Danbury · 3 miNeil Innes & 3 more
Broomfield · 3 miRichard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt & 2 moreETHatfield Peverel · 3 miEvelyn ToulminDKGreat Leighs · 5 miDaniel KelloggQuestions about famous people from Boreham
Who is the most famous person from Boreham?
Rod Harrington (British darts player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Ray Smith.
How many famous people were born in Boreham?
2 people born in Boreham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Boreham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Boreham?
Ray Smith, born in 1914. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Boreham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Boreham’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 (5)
- James A. Robinson: John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Ryder: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olly Murs: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Innes: Neil_Innes_by_Luke_Ford.jpg: Luke Ford derivative work: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt: Richard Harvey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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