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Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0Famous people · Denmead, Hampshire
Ian Turner is the only name on the Denmead list
The English cricketer Ian Turner was born in 1968. Their birth falls in the 20th century. 4 languages have an article about them. Charles Dickens tops the 546 names on record in Portsmouth, 6 mi away.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Ian Turner
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1968
Ian Turner
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Denmead
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Portsmouth has the most on record: 546.
Questions about famous people from Denmead
Who is the most famous person from Denmead?
Ian Turner (English cricketer (born 1968)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Denmead?
1 people born in Denmead have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Denmead known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Denmead?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Denmead’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)
- Charles Dickens: Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randal Cremer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiff Needell: Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Ward: jamesboyes @ Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Beckett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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