#1Famous people · Aldington, Kent
Aldington has just one famous person to its name: Elizabeth Barton
In 1506, the English Catholic nun and martyr Elizabeth Barton was born. That places their birth before the Georgians. Articles about them exist in 14 languages. Go 5 mi to Ashford and the list grows to 80, with Frederick Forsyth at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Elizabeth Barton
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1506
Elizabeth Barton
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Aldington
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Ashford has the most people on record, 80 of them.
Questions about famous people from Aldington
Who is the most famous person from Aldington?
Elizabeth Barton (English Catholic nun and martyr) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages.
How many famous people were born in Aldington?
1 people born in Aldington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Aldington known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Aldington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Aldington’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)
- Elizabeth Barton: most probably Thomas Holloway (1748–1827)[2] based on a painting by Henry Tresham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Forsyth: Hannu Lindroos / Helsingin Sanomat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Holdstock: Philippe Gindre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Macaulay: Robert Edge Pine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Stanley Parker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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