#1Famous people · Cobham, Kent
3 famous people come from Cobham, Herbert Baker the best known
Most widely known is Herbert Baker, the British architect, with articles in 20 languages. Second place goes to the cricketer Christopher Collins, third to Jack Walker. Of its neighbours, Gravesend, 3 mi away, lists the most: 103, Derek Barton first. Jack Walker, born in 1914, is the youngest, and Christopher Collins, born in 1859, the first on record.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Herbert Baker
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Christopher Collins
Youngest
1914
Jack Walker
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Cobham
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Cobham is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
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 longest list nearby is Gravesend’s, with 103.
Questions about famous people from Cobham
Who is the most famous person from Cobham?
Herbert Baker (British architect (1862-1946)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 20 languages. Next come Christopher Collins and Jack Walker.
How many famous people were born in Cobham?
3 people born in Cobham 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 Cobham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cobham?
Christopher Collins, born in 1859. The youngest on the list was born in 1914.
Who counts as from Cobham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cobham’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)
- Herbert Baker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Barton: National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Brook: RedCarpetReport, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Fry: Yabush, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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