#1Famous people · Wickham, Hampshire
Wickham’s famous people span 338 years: 5 births from 1554 to 1892
The best known is the English boxer Joe Beckett, with articles in 2 languages. John Carter and John Wainwright follow. The list’s best known name, Joe Beckett, dates from 1892. No town in Hampshire lists more than Portsmouth, with 546.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Joe Beckett
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1554
John Carter
Youngest
1892
Joe Beckett
Most common field
Faith
2 people
The best known
Born in Wickham
Joe Beckett has articles in 2 languages, John Carter in 2 and John Wainwright in 1.
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Through the years
When Wickham’s famous people were born
The 1890s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wickham is known for
Share of Wickham’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wickham
Still to come: 2 more, from 1751 to 1881.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Fareham, with 28.
Questions about famous people from Wickham
Who is the most famous person from Wickham?
Joe Beckett (English boxer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come John Carter and John Wainwright.
How many famous people were born in Wickham?
5 people born in Wickham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Wickham known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wickham?
John Carter, born in 1554. The youngest on the list was born in 1892.
Who counts as from Wickham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wickham’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)
- Joe Beckett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randal Cremer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Russell, Baroness Russell: William Dobson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary of Waltham: Thomas Hollis and George Hollis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Grahame-White: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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