#1Science & Medicine
David Harvey
born 1935British geographer and anthropologist
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Famous people · Gillingham, Kent
Of the 76 famous people born in Gillingham, an unusual share are soldiers and sailors
David Harvey, the British geographer and anthropologist, is the most widely known, written about in 42 languages. More than half were born in the 20th century, 41 in all. The list comes to 7 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.1 in the typical town in Kent. 10 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
76
notable people
Best known
David Harvey
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1564
William Adams
Youngest
2001
Luis Binks
Most common field
Sports
25 people
What stands out about Gillingham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Gillingham is known for
Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 4.3 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Gillingham
The three are covered in 42, 37 and 21 languages: David Harvey, William Adams and Lorna Wing.
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#2Military
William Adams
1564–1620English navigator who travelled to Japan
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Science & Medicine
Lorna Wing
1928–2014British autism researcher (1928–2014)
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Through the years
When Gillingham’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1920s than in any other decade: 10.
SportsMilitaryScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Gillingham
Of the other 73, 25 are athletes.
Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet
1862–1935Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1862-1935)
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Kathleen Courtney
1878–1974British suffragist and peace campaigner (1878–1974)
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Paul Clark
born 1957British Labour Party politician (born 1957) imprisoned in 2023 for sharing child abuse material
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Edward Bate Scott
1822–1909South Australian explorer, prison official (1822-1909)
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Henry Edward Manning Douglas
1875–1939British soldier, explorer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (1875-1939)
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Edith Farmiloe
1870–1921British children's book writer and illustrator (1870-1921)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon
1904–1979Royal Air Force air marshal (1904–1979)
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Sir Rowland Smith
1888–1988Chairman and managing director of Ford Motor Co. Ltd
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Chatham, at 133.
Questions about famous people from Gillingham
Who is the most famous person from Gillingham?
David Harvey (British geographer and anthropologist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 42 languages. Next come William Adams and Lorna Wing.
How many famous people were born in Gillingham?
76 people born in Gillingham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 84 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Gillingham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 25 of the 76. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gillingham?
William Adams, born in 1564. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Gillingham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gillingham’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 (30)
- David Harvey: readingcapital, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Adams: Editor = Dalton, W. / (Dalton, William)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Ditchburn: Harry Pot for Anefo ]], CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Tizard: Bernard Hailstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Tauranac: Raimund Kommer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Molsworth Sykes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James McCudden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dee Murray: DJM-Dick James Music, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luis Binks: MilesaMFC, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antony Jameson: P. Birken, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Edmed: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet: Reginald Grenville Eves, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Henderson: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hamer: Emilia Karbownik User:Dobromila, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Edward Laws Moore: Stephen Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Courtney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin France: David Sedlecký, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Kedwell: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Bate Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Cuffay: William Paul Dowling, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gavin Tomlin: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Hues: Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Farmiloe: Unknown (c 1910), England, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon: Breeze (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Isabella Hales Horne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer: en:User:Ian Dunster on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Ryan: Lee_Ryan_2011.jpg: Christoph Henrichs from Germany derivative work: RanZag, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Brook: RedCarpetReport, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Potter: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Declan Galbraith: Stefan-Xp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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