#1Famous people · Medstead, Hampshire
2 famous people were born in Medstead from 1870 to 1990
Most widely known is Laura Jurd, the British musician, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the recipient of the Victoria cross Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday. The neighbour with the longest list is Basingstoke, 10 mi away: 82, led by Elizabeth Hurley. Laura Jurd, the best known, was born in 1990.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Laura Jurd
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday
Youngest
1990
Laura Jurd
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Medstead
#1#2Military
Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday
1870–1966Recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Known for
What Medstead is known for
The largest field is Music, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Medstead
Who is the most famous person from Medstead?
Laura Jurd (British musician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday.
How many famous people were born in Medstead?
2 people born in Medstead have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Medstead known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Medstead?
Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday, born in 1870. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Medstead?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Medstead’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)
- Laura Jurd: Behind The Wall Of Sleep, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Hurley: Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Dickinson: Pompey Rog, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calum Chambers: Ronnie McDonald, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Rolt: Daan Noske / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hew Pike: Jack1956, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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