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Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Alkham, Kent
One famous person was born in Alkham
John Davison, the cricketer, was born in 1828. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. 4 languages have an article about them. Nearby, Dover, 3 mi away, lists 118, led by Joss Stone.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
John Davison
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
John Davison
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Alkham
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Dover has the most on record, with 118.
Questions about famous people from Alkham
Who is the most famous person from Alkham?
John Davison (cricketer (1828-1871)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Alkham?
1 people born in Alkham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Alkham 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 Alkham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Alkham’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 (4)
- Joss Stone: Ice Boy Tell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Harvey: After Daniël Mijtens, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Holdstock: Philippe Gindre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Stanley Parker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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