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Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Burham, Kent
A single famous person was born in Burham: H. R. Percy
H. R. Percy, the Canadian writer, was born in 1920. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. For more famous names, Maidstone is 5 mi away: its list has 136, led by Robert Fisk.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
H. R. Percy
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
H. R. Percy
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Burham
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Maidstone lists the most people: 136.
Maidstone · 5 miRobert Fisk & 135 more
Chatham · 3 miLee Ryan & 132 more
Gillingham · 5 miDavid Harvey & 75 more
Rochester · 4 miKelly Brook & 70 more
Larkfield · 3 miBarry Hawkins & 5 moreGFKings Hill · 5 miGeorge Willoughby Fraser & 2 moreTHHalling · 2 miThomas James Harris & 1 moreSCSnodland · 2 miStephen CaponQuestions about famous people from Burham
Who is the most famous person from Burham?
H. R. Percy (Canadian writer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Burham?
1 people born in Burham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Burham known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Burham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Burham’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
- David Harvey: readingcapital, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Brook: RedCarpetReport, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Hawkins: DerHexer, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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