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Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Hadlow, Kent
3 famous people were born in Hadlow from 1726 to 1909
Articles in 3 languages make the English cricketer Colin Fairservice the best known. Hervey Lawrence is second and John Larkin third. Within 3 mi, Tonbridge lists the most: 53, with Cecil Frank Powell first. The list’s best known name, Colin Fairservice, dates from 1909.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Colin Fairservice
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1726
John Larkin
Youngest
1909
Colin Fairservice
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Hadlow
Colin Fairservice has articles in 3 languages, Hervey Lawrence in 3 and John Larkin in 3.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Tonbridge has the longest list next door: 53.
Tonbridge · 3 miCecil Frank Powell & 52 more
Wateringbury · 4 miStewart Symes & 4 more
Plaxtol · 3 miWalter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley & 2 moreGFKings Hill · 4 miGeorge Willoughby Fraser & 2 moreCCBorough Green · 5 miCatherine Crowe & 2 more
Paddock Wood · 4 miFrederick E. Morgan & 1 moreTWYalding · 4 miTony WestonQuestions about famous people from Hadlow
Who is the most famous person from Hadlow?
Colin Fairservice (English cricketer (1909-1999)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Hervey Lawrence and John Larkin.
How many famous people were born in Hadlow?
3 people born in Hadlow 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 Hadlow known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hadlow?
John Larkin, born in 1726. The youngest on the list was born in 1909.
Who counts as from Hadlow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hadlow’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)
- Cecil Frank Powell: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stewart Symes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick E. Morgan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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