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Famous people · Farnborough, Hampshire
Of the 40 famous people born in Farnborough, an unusual share are soldiers and sailors
Articles in 14 languages make the British racing driver Don Beauman the best known. Second place goes to the British comedian Jeremy Hardy, third to Pamela Harriman. More than half were born in the 20th century, 26 in all. For every 10,000 residents there are 6.6 on the list, well above the typical Hampshire town’s 2.7.
Born here
40
notable people
Best known
Don Beauman
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1851
H. T. Thrift
Youngest
2000
Matthew Phillips
Most common field
Sports
18 people
What stands out about Farnborough’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Farnborough is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 3.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Farnborough’s famous people were born
The 1960s alone account for 7 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryNotablePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Farnborough
Languages with an article: 14 for Don Beauman, 14 for Jeremy Hardy, 14 for Pamela Harriman.
#2
#3Politics & Law
Pamela Harriman
1920–1997American diplomat (1920-1997)
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Farnborough
Another 37, the earliest born in 1851.
H. T. Thrift
1851–1946Pioneer settler, real estate agent, brick maker, clerk, and reeve (1851-1946)
NotableWikipedia ↗
Tony Hayter
1920–1944MilitaryWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Aldershot, with 122.
Aldershot · 4 miMartin Freeman & 121 more
Frimley · 2 miJames, Earl of Wessex & 61 more
Camberley · 3 miJoan Robinson & 41 moreRCFleet · 4 miRaquel Cassidy & 12 more
Sandhurst · 4 miWilliam Patterson & 6 more
Yateley · 4 miDaniel Boys & 3 moreJHAsh and Ash Vale · 3 miJohn Hamblin & 2 moreRHMinley · 3 miReginald HoareQuestions about famous people from Farnborough
Who is the most famous person from Farnborough?
Don Beauman (British racing driver (1928-1955)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Jeremy Hardy and Pamela Harriman.
How many famous people were born in Farnborough?
40 people born in Farnborough have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 51 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Farnborough known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 18 of the 40. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Farnborough?
H. T. Thrift, born in 1851. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Farnborough?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Farnborough’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 (18)
- Jeremy Hardy: Flickr user Andy from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela Harriman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Bennett: Nick from Bristol, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Milligan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aimee Fuller: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaun Udal: Nick Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Henry Blake: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Bell: Waterloo Region Greens, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Ghosh: ukhomeoffice, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pam Cook: Cocteaufan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terence Verity: Rob Keniger, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Phillips: P457452, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- H. T. Thrift: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Freeman: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James, Earl of Wessex: NZ Defence Force, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Robinson: W. Punt for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Patterson: Credit: "From photo by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Boys: User:AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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