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Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Higham, Kent
Higham is the birthplace of 2 famous people
With articles in 5 languages, Bert Smith is the most widely known. The only other name is the cricketer Stephen Botting. Of its neighbours, Gravesend, 3 mi away, lists the most: 103, Derek Barton first. Stephen Botting, born in 1845, is the earliest name and Bert Smith, born in 1892, the latest.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Bert Smith
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Stephen Botting
Youngest
1892
Bert Smith
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Higham
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Gravesend has the most on record: 103.
Questions about famous people from Higham
Who is the most famous person from Higham?
Bert Smith (English footballer born 1892) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Stephen Botting.
How many famous people were born in Higham?
2 people born in Higham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Higham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Higham?
Stephen Botting, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1892.
Who counts as from Higham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Higham’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 (3)
- Derek Barton: National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Brook: RedCarpetReport, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Declan Galbraith: Stefan-Xp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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