#1Famous people · Ingatestone, Essex
Ingatestone counts 4 famous people, first among them Sarah Miles
Sarah Miles, the British actress, is the most widely known, written about in 41 languages. Second and third on the list are Henry Petre and Ronald Harvey. From Henry Petre in 1884 to Mark Slade in 1958, the births cover 74 years. The list comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical town in Essex.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Sarah Miles
in 41 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Henry Petre
Youngest
1958
Mark Slade
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Ingatestone’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Ingatestone
First, Sarah Miles (41 languages), then Henry Petre (5) and Ronald Harvey (5).
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#2Politics & Law
Henry Petre
1884–1962English aviator, solicitor (1884-1962)
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Through the years
When Ingatestone’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ingatestone is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ingatestone
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Brentwood has the most on record: 50.
Questions about famous people from Ingatestone
Who is the most famous person from Ingatestone?
Sarah Miles (British actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 41 languages. Next come Henry Petre and Ronald Harvey.
How many famous people were born in Ingatestone?
4 people born in Ingatestone have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ingatestone known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ingatestone?
Henry Petre, born in 1884. The youngest on the list was born in 1958.
Who counts as from Ingatestone?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ingatestone’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 (4)
- Sarah Miles: Merlin Energy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Petre: Darge Photographic Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Tovey: Charlotte Pritchard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles M. Wheatley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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