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Writing & Arts
Catherine Crowe
1790–1872English novelist, story writer, and playwright; spiritualist and spirit story collector (1790–1872)
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Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Borough Green, Kent
Catherine Crowe tops a list of 3 famous people born in Borough Green
Catherine Crowe leads the list, covered in 14 languages. Close behind are Richard N. Dixon and Richard Hills. Within 5 mi, Wateringbury lists the most: 5, with Stewart Symes first. For every 10,000 residents there are 6.4 on the list, well above the typical Kent town’s 3.1.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Catherine Crowe
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1790
Catherine Crowe
Youngest
1951
Richard Hills
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Borough Green
Catherine Crowe has articles in 14 languages, Richard N. Dixon in 9 and Richard Hills in 4.
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RH#3
Known for
What Borough Green is known for
1 of them work in Writing & Arts, 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
Close by, Wateringbury counts 5 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Wateringbury · 5 miStewart Symes & 4 more
Wrotham · 1 miHenry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge & 3 more
Plaxtol · 2 miWalter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley & 2 moreGFKings Hill · 4 miGeorge Willoughby Fraser & 2 moreCFHadlow · 5 miColin Fairservice & 2 more
Otford and Kemsing · 5 miEdith of Wilton & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Borough Green
Who is the most famous person from Borough Green?
Catherine Crowe (English novelist, story writer, and playwright; spiritualist and spirit story collector (1790–1872)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Richard N. Dixon and Richard Hills.
How many famous people were born in Borough Green?
3 people born in Borough Green have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Borough Green known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Borough Green?
Catherine Crowe, born in 1790. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
Who counts as from Borough Green?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Borough Green’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)
- Stewart Symes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge: After Francis Holl / Eden Upton Eddis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith of Wilton: Juan de las Roelas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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