#1Science & Medicine
Peter Handford
1919–2007English sound engineer (1919-2007)
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Famous people · Four Elms, Kent
The English sound engineer Peter Handford is the one famous person from Four Elms
In 1919, the English sound engineer Peter Handford was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 5 languages. Sevenoaks, 6 mi away, has 49 on its list, the best known Bill Bruford.
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Peter Handford
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1919
Peter Handford
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1 people
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Born in Four Elms
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Famous people from the towns next door
Sevenoaks leads the towns around it, with 49 names.
Questions about famous people from Four Elms
Who is the most famous person from Four Elms?
Peter Handford (English sound engineer (1919-2007)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Four Elms?
1 people born in Four Elms have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Four Elms known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Four Elms?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Four Elms’ 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 (6)
- Peter Handford: No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, 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
- Henry Surtees: Skully Collins, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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