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Sir Thomas Thompson, 1st Baronet
1766–1828Officer of the British Royal Navy (1766–1828)
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Famous people · Barham, Kent
Barham, birthplace of the officer of the British Royal navy Sir Thomas Thompson, 1st Baronet
The officer of the British Royal navy Sir Thomas Thompson, 1st Baronet was born in 1766. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. 3 languages have an article about them. The nearest list is in Canterbury, 6 mi away: 160 names, starting with Christopher Marlowe.
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Sir Thomas Thompson, 1st Baronet
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Sir Thomas Thompson, 1st Baronet
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The fullest list close by belongs to Canterbury, with 160.
Canterbury · 6 miChristopher Marlowe & 159 moreEFEastry · 7 miEric Fright & 7 moreECChartham · 7 miEdwin Cheel & 3 moreGCAylesham · 3 miGeorge Curtis & 1 moreAWBridge · 3 miArthur Webb & 1 moreDMLittlebourne · 5 miDicky Mayes & 1 more
Wingham · 5 miWilliam Miller & 1 moreBMWhitfield · 7 miBilly Marsh & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Barham
Who is the most famous person from Barham?
Sir Thomas Thompson, 1st Baronet (officer of the British Royal Navy (1766–1828)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Barham?
1 people born in Barham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Barham known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Barham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barham’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)
- Sir Thomas Thompson, 1st Baronet: George Engleheart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Marlowe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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