Photo: Rob Stallard · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people born near Hannington
Within 6 mi, Basingstoke lists the most: 82, with Elizabeth Hurley first. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Hannington. Portsmouth’s 546 names make the longest list in Hampshire. After Portsmouth, the next longest list in Hampshire is Southampton’s, with 502.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Hannington’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Hannington yet.
Famous people born near Hannington
The neighbour with the most names is Basingstoke, at 82.
Basingstoke · 6 miElizabeth Hurley & 81 more
Newbury · 8 miRichard Adams & 51 more
Whitchurch · 7 miAlfred Denning, Baron Denning & 6 more
Kingsclere · 2 miJoseph Spence & 5 moreAKThatcham · 7 miAndy King & 5 more
Woolton Hill and Highclere · 8 miAuberon Herbert & 3 more
Overton · 4 miJames Williams & 2 moreEWOakley · 4 miEdward WallingtonQuestions about famous people from Hannington
Who counts as from Hannington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hannington’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 (6)
- Elizabeth Hurley: Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Adams: AndrewRH, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Spence: George Vertue, after Isaac Whood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auberon Herbert: Frederick Hollyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Williams: Mockridge, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1844-1913, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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