#1Sports
Joel Ward
born 1989English association football player (born 1989)
29 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Emsworth, Hampshire
Most of the 12 famous people born in Emsworth came into the world in the 20th century
Articles in 29 languages make the English association football player Joel Ward the best known. Nicholas Lyndhurst and Hugh Gilbert follow. 3 were born in 1970 or later. Births span 1832 to 1995, from William Whitcher to Bradley Tarbuck.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Joel Ward
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
William Whitcher
Youngest
1995
Bradley Tarbuck
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Emsworth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Emsworth’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StageFaithNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Emsworth
Joel Ward has articles in 29 languages, Nicholas Lyndhurst in 16 and Hugh Gilbert in 10.
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Film, TV & Stage
Nicholas Lyndhurst
born 1961English actor (born 1961)
16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Known for
What Emsworth is known for
Share of Emsworth’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Emsworth
Another 9, the earliest born in 1832.
Peter Danckwerts
1916–1984George Cross recipient in World War II and chemical engineer
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Emsworth
Who is the most famous person from Emsworth?
Joel Ward (English association football player (born 1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 29 languages. Next come Nicholas Lyndhurst and Hugh Gilbert.
How many famous people were born in Emsworth?
12 people born in Emsworth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Emsworth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 12. That is 58% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Emsworth?
William Whitcher, born in 1832. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Emsworth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Emsworth’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 (7)
- Joel Ward: jamesboyes @ Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Gilbert: Apostleship of the Sea, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Hoar: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Danckwerts: William Dring, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiff Needell: Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Bell: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Dare Dowell: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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