Photo: Jim Champion · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people from Compton
Of its neighbours, Winchester, 3 mi away, lists the most: 176, Henry III of England first. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Compton. Across Hampshire, 93 towns list someone born there. Portsmouth’s 546 names make the longest list in Hampshire.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Compton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Compton yet.
Famous people born near Compton
The neighbour with the most names is Winchester, at 176.
Questions about famous people from Compton
Who counts as from Compton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Compton’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)
- Henry III of England: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Nicholls: putnik, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Mary Yonge: Duke Yonge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Birch Freeman: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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