#1Famous people · Hoo St Werburgh, Kent
2 famous people come from Hoo St Werburgh, Declan Galbraith the best known
Declan Galbraith is the best known, with articles in 27 languages. The only other name is the English footballer James Batchelor. From James Batchelor in 1895 to Declan Galbraith in 1991, the births cover 96 years. The nearest list is in Chatham, 5 mi away: 133 names, starting with Lee Ryan.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Declan Galbraith
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
James Batchelor
Youngest
1991
Declan Galbraith
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Hoo St Werburgh
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Known for
What Hoo St Werburgh is known for
The largest field is Music, with 1 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
Chatham has the longest list next door: 133.
Questions about famous people from Hoo St Werburgh
Who is the most famous person from Hoo St Werburgh?
Declan Galbraith (English singer, actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 27 languages. Next come James Batchelor.
How many famous people were born in Hoo St Werburgh?
2 people born in Hoo St Werburgh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hoo St Werburgh known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hoo St Werburgh?
James Batchelor, born in 1895. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Hoo St Werburgh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hoo St Werburgh’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)
- Declan Galbraith: Stefan-Xp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Ryan: Lee_Ryan_2011.jpg: Christoph Henrichs from Germany derivative work: RanZag, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Harvey: readingcapital, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Brook: RedCarpetReport, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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