GC#1
Sports
George Curtis
1939–2021English association football player and manager
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Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Aylesham, Kent
Aylesham is the birthplace of 2 famous people
George Curtis is the best known, with articles in 4 languages. The only other name is the association football player Pat Hilton. A short trip away, Canterbury (6 mi) counts 160 famous people, Christopher Marlowe among them. The first birth on record is George Curtis’, in 1939, and the last Pat Hilton’s, in 1954.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
George Curtis
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1939
George Curtis
Youngest
1954
Pat Hilton
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Aylesham
PH#2
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Canterbury: 160.
Canterbury · 6 miChristopher Marlowe & 159 more
Sandwich · 7 miGeorge W. M. Reynolds & 15 moreEFEastry · 5 miEric Fright & 7 more
Wingham · 3 miWilliam Miller & 1 moreAWBridge · 4 miArthur Webb & 1 moreDMLittlebourne · 4 miDicky Mayes & 1 moreGMSturry · 6 miGeoffrey Basil Maiden & 1 moreBMWhitfield · 6 miBilly Marsh & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Aylesham
Who is the most famous person from Aylesham?
George Curtis (English association football player and manager) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Pat Hilton.
How many famous people were born in Aylesham?
2 people born in Aylesham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Aylesham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Aylesham?
George Curtis, born in 1939. The youngest on the list was born in 1954.
Who counts as from Aylesham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Aylesham’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 (3)
- Christopher Marlowe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. M. Reynolds: Reynolds's Miscellany, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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