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Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Littlebourne, Kent
2 famous people were born in Littlebourne
The best known is the cricketer Dicky Mayes, with articles in 3 languages. The list has one more: the British television personality Phil Spencer. Christopher Marlowe tops the 160 names on record in Canterbury, 4 mi away. Births span 1922 to 1969, from Dicky Mayes to Phil Spencer.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Dicky Mayes
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Dicky Mayes
Youngest
1969
Phil Spencer
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Littlebourne
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Known for
What Littlebourne is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
Canterbury has the longest list next door: 160.
Questions about famous people from Littlebourne
Who is the most famous person from Littlebourne?
Dicky Mayes (cricketer (1922-2013)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Phil Spencer.
How many famous people were born in Littlebourne?
2 people born in Littlebourne 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 Littlebourne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Littlebourne?
Dicky Mayes, born in 1922. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Littlebourne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Littlebourne’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 (2)
- Christopher Marlowe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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