#1Famous people · Bordon, Hampshire
The 4 famous people born in Bordon, led by Tony Rolt
At the top of the list is the racecar driver Tony Rolt, covered in 22 languages. Close behind are Kenneth Blackburne and Curtis Thorn. Per head, the list is long: 4.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Hampshire has 2.7. From Kenneth Blackburne to Curtis Thorn, the births on the list run from 1907 to 1995.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Tony Rolt
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Kenneth Blackburne
Youngest
1995
Curtis Thorn
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Bordon
By how many languages cover them, Tony Rolt comes first (22), then Kenneth Blackburne (11) and Curtis Thorn (2).
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Politics & Law
Kenneth Blackburne
1907–1980British colonial administrator (1907–1980)
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Through the years
When Bordon’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
BusinessPolitics & LawSportsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bordon is known for
Business people are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bordon
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Haslemere’s, with 28.
Questions about famous people from Bordon
Who is the most famous person from Bordon?
Tony Rolt (racecar driver (1918–2008)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages. Next come Kenneth Blackburne and Curtis Thorn.
How many famous people were born in Bordon?
4 people born in Bordon 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 Bordon known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bordon?
Kenneth Blackburne, born in 1907. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Bordon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bordon’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)
- Tony Rolt: Daan Noske / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Dickinson: Pompey Rog, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Firth: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Hawkins: Mitchea99, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hew Pike: Jack1956, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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