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Famous people · Farningham, Kent
Farningham’s famous people span 134 years: 3 births from 1834 to 1968
Trevor Ward, the English cricketer, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are William Rashleigh and Marianne Farningham. The nearest list is in Swanley, 3 mi away: 5 names, starting with Crispian St. Peters. The list’s best known name, Trevor Ward, dates from 1968.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Trevor Ward
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1834
Marianne Farningham
Youngest
1968
Trevor Ward
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Farningham
Trevor Ward has articles in 5 languages, William Rashleigh in 4 and Marianne Farningham in 3.
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Marianne Farningham
1834–1909British religious writer and editor
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Known for
What Farningham 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
6 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Farningham
Who is the most famous person from Farningham?
Trevor Ward (English cricketer (born 1968)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come William Rashleigh and Marianne Farningham.
How many famous people were born in Farningham?
3 people born in Farningham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Farningham 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 Farningham?
Marianne Farningham, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
Who counts as from Farningham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Farningham’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)
- William Rashleigh: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marianne Farningham: Thomas Williams Hunt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Crispian St. Peters: Jamie Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Fry: Yabush, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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