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Famous people · Brasted, Kent
From 1699 to 1857, Brasted was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Charles Gausden, the cricketer, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are George Marchant and John Verney. The list’s best known name, Charles Gausden, dates from 1826. The biggest group are athletes: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Charles Gausden
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1699
John Verney
Youngest
1857
George Marchant
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Brasted
Three names lead: Charles Gausden (3 languages), George Marchant (3) and John Verney (2).
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#3Politics & Law
John Verney
1699–1741British barrister, judge and politician
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Through the years
When Brasted’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1820s, with 1 births.
SportsBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brasted is known for
Share of Brasted’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brasted
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Sevenoaks has the most people on record, 49 of them.
Questions about famous people from Brasted
Who is the most famous person from Brasted?
Charles Gausden (cricketer (1826-1886)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come George Marchant and John Verney.
How many famous people were born in Brasted?
4 people born in Brasted 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 Brasted known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brasted?
John Verney, born in 1699. The youngest on the list was born in 1857.
Who counts as from Brasted?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brasted’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 (8)
- George Marchant: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Verney: Allan Ramsay / George Vertue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Bruford: No machine-readable author provided. Nomo assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Manley: Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Trott: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wolfe: Attributed to Joseph Highmore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith of Wilton: Juan de las Roelas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Surtees: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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