#1Famous people · Fareham, Hampshire
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 28 famous people born in Fareham
Randal Cremer, the English politician, is the most widely known, written about in 65 languages. Close behind are Malcolm Gladwell and Tommy Green. The largest group, 12, was born in the 20th century. For every 10,000 residents there are 6.6 on the list, well above the typical Hampshire town’s 2.7.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Randal Cremer
in 65 Wikipedia languages
First
1819
Henry Chads
Youngest
1989
Rebecca Muzerie
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Fareham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Fareham is known for
Compared with the usual town, soldiers and sailors are the most over-represented field, at 3.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Fareham
Three names lead: Randal Cremer (65 languages), Malcolm Gladwell (41) and Tommy Green (17).
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Malcolm Gladwell
born 1963Canadian journalist and science writer
41 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
TG#3
Through the years
When Fareham’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 4.
SportsMilitaryWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableMusicScience & MedicineFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fareham
The rest number 25, with 14 athletes among them.
John Maples, Baron Maples
1943–2012British politician and Member of Parliament (1943-2012)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
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Locks Heath · 3 miRachel Russell, Baroness Russell & 6 more
Hamble-le-Rice · 6 miDanielle Rowe & 5 more
Wickham · 3 miJoe Beckett & 4 more
Bursledon · 6 miClaude Grahame-White & 2 moreAMLee-on-the-Solent · 3 miArthur MaletJMBotley · 6 miJohn MillsQuestions about famous people from Fareham
Who is the most famous person from Fareham?
Randal Cremer (English politician (1828–1908)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 65 languages. Next come Malcolm Gladwell and Tommy Green.
How many famous people were born in Fareham?
28 people born in Fareham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Fareham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 14 of the 28. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fareham?
Henry Chads, born in 1819. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Fareham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fareham’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 (15)
- Randal Cremer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcolm Gladwell: PEN American Center, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Goswell: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sue Black: Mark Hillary from Serra Negra, São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Vernon: Ian Robertson from East Lothian, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Goddard: Transworld Publishers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Newman: North American Soccer League, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Mackonochie: Carlo Pellegrini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Melford: Willsons, Leicester, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Dickens: Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Ritchie: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cfcunofficial/ @cfcunofficial (Chelsea Debs) London ], CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell: William Dobson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danielle Rowe: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Beckett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Grahame-White: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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