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Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Tiptree, Essex
2 famous people call Tiptree their birthplace
Most widely known is Kevin Ellis, the English footballer, with articles in 6 languages. The other is Hubert Thorn, the cricketer. Of its neighbours, Maldon, 6 mi away, lists the most: 25, Sam Ryder first. From Hubert Thorn to Kevin Ellis, the births on the list run from 1909 to 1977.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Kevin Ellis
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Hubert Thorn
Youngest
1977
Kevin Ellis
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Tiptree
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Maldon lists the most people: 25.
Questions about famous people from Tiptree
Who is the most famous person from Tiptree?
Kevin Ellis (English footballer (born 1977)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Hubert Thorn.
How many famous people were born in Tiptree?
2 people born in Tiptree have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Tiptree 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 Tiptree?
Hubert Thorn, born in 1909. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Tiptree?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tiptree’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)
- Sam Ryder: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olly Murs: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Spurgeon: Alexander Melville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Unwin: Unknown photographer of the time, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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