Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0No one born in Bethersden has made the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Ashford, 5 mi away, lists the most: 80, Frederick Forsyth first. The Kent lists hold names for 122 towns. Canterbury has the most of any town in Kent: 160. After Canterbury, the next longest list in Kent is Maidstone’s, with 136.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Bethersden’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Bethersden yet.
Famous people born near Bethersden
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Ashford · 5 miFrederick Forsyth & 79 more
Tenterden · 5 miDavid Frost & 13 moreHLLenham and Harrietsham · 9 miH. Christopher Longuet-Higgins & 4 more
Biddenden · 5 miJohn R. Winder & 2 moreECWoodchurch · 4 miEdward William ColeAACharing · 6 miArthur AshwellJWHeadcorn · 6 miJohn Willes
Aldington · 9 miElizabeth BartonQuestions about famous people from Bethersden
Who counts as from Bethersden?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bethersden’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)
- Frederick Forsyth: Hannu Lindroos / Helsingin Sanomat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Frost: Robert D. Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Winder: Charles Roscoe Savage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Barton: most probably Thomas Holloway (1748–1827)[2] based on a painting by Henry Tresham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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