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Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ash (Sevenoaks), Kent
Robert Hills is the only name on the Ash (Sevenoaks) list
In 1813, the English cricketer Robert Hills was born. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. 4 languages have an article about them. Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge tops the 4 names on record in Wrotham, 3 mi away.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Robert Hills
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1813
Robert Hills
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Ash (Sevenoaks)
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Wrotham has the most people on record, 4 of them.
Wrotham · 3 miHenry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge & 3 more
Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley · 2 miMatt Fry & 2 moreTWFarningham · 3 miTrevor Ward & 2 moreCCBorough Green · 5 miCatherine Crowe & 2 moreWRHorton Kirby · 3 miWilliam Boys Rashleigh & 1 moreTWEynsford · 3 miThomas Whitby & 1 moreJWSouth Darenth and Sutton at Hone · 4 miJimmy WoottonQuestions about famous people from Ash (Sevenoaks)
Who is the most famous person from Ash (Sevenoaks)?
Robert Hills (English cricketer (1813-1884)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ash (Sevenoaks)?
1 people born in Ash (Sevenoaks) have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ash (Sevenoaks) 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 Ash (Sevenoaks)?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ash (Sevenoaks)’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 (2)
- Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge: After Francis Holl / Eden Upton Eddis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Fry: Yabush, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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