Craig Angus · Photo: Steve Knight · CC BY 4.0Famous people born near Silver End
The list for Silver End is empty for now. Just 3 mi away, Braintree’s list holds 31 names, Liam Howlett the best known. 86 of the towns in Essex list at least one person. No town in Essex lists more than Colchester, with 236.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Silver End’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Silver End yet.
Famous people born near Silver End
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Braintree · 3 miLiam Howlett & 30 more
Witham · 3 miOlly Murs & 14 more
Kelvedon and Feering · 4 miCharles Spurgeon & 4 more
Black Notley · 2 miJohn Ray & 1 more
Coggeshall · 3 miWilliam Unwin & 1 moreDKGreat Leighs · 5 miDaniel KelloggNLWickham Bishops · 5 miNicola LeFanuETHatfield Peverel · 5 miEvelyn ToulminQuestions about famous people from Silver End
Who counts as from Silver End?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Silver End’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)
- Liam Howlett: aliina s., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olly Murs: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Spurgeon: Alexander Melville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ray: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Unwin: Unknown photographer of the time, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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