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Science & Medicine
Paul Ashbee
1918–2009British archaeologist and teacher (1918-2009)
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Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bearsted, Kent
3 famous people call Bearsted their birthplace
Most widely known is Paul Ashbee, the British archaeologist and teacher, with articles in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Eric Fulcher and Toby Jessel. Of its neighbours, Maidstone, 2 mi away, lists the most: 136, Robert Fisk first. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3.6, close to the 3.1 of the typical Kent town.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Paul Ashbee
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Eric Fulcher
Youngest
1934
Toby Jessel
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Bearsted
Three names lead: Paul Ashbee (4 languages), Eric Fulcher (3) and Toby Jessel (2).
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Known for
What Bearsted is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Maidstone, at 136.
Maidstone · 2 miRobert Fisk & 135 more
Chatham · 6 miLee Ryan & 132 more
Larkfield · 6 miBarry Hawkins & 5 moreHLLenham and Harrietsham · 5 miH. Christopher Longuet-Higgins & 4 more
Wateringbury · 7 miStewart Symes & 4 more
Newington · 7 miDon Potter & 2 moreJLCoxheath · 4 miJohn Larking & 1 moreJPSutton Valence · 4 miJohn Hastings, 2nd Earl of PembrokeQuestions about famous people from Bearsted
Who is the most famous person from Bearsted?
Paul Ashbee (British archaeologist and teacher (1918-2009)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Eric Fulcher and Toby Jessel.
How many famous people were born in Bearsted?
3 people born in Bearsted have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bearsted known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bearsted?
Eric Fulcher, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1934.
Who counts as from Bearsted?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bearsted’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)
- Robert Fisk: Alan Liefting, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Ryan: Lee_Ryan_2011.jpg: Christoph Henrichs from Germany derivative work: RanZag, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Hawkins: DerHexer, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stewart Symes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Potter: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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