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Photo: Bashereyre at en.wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Southwick, Hampshire
Ted Charlton is the only name on the Southwick list
Ted Charlton, the English footballer, was born in 1888. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Their story is told in 3 languages. Just 4 mi away, Portsmouth’s list holds 546 names, Charles Dickens the best known.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Ted Charlton
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Ted Charlton
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Southwick
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Portsmouth has the most on record: 546.
Portsmouth · 4 miCharles Dickens & 545 more
Gosport · 5 miMatt Ritchie & 50 more
Fareham · 4 miRandal Cremer & 27 more
Havant · 5 miTiff Needell & 15 moreMGWaterlooville · 3 miMichael Giles & 11 more
Wickham · 4 miJoe Beckett & 4 moreWBHorndean · 5 miWalter Bettesworth & 2 moreITDenmead · 3 miIan TurnerQuestions about famous people from Southwick
Who is the most famous person from Southwick?
Ted Charlton (English footballer (1888-1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Southwick?
1 people born in Southwick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Southwick known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Southwick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Southwick’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 (5)
- 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
- Randal Cremer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiff Needell: Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Beckett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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