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Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Lower Halstow, Kent
A single famous person was born in Lower Halstow: Derek Hales
In 1951, the English footballer Derek Hales was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. 5 languages have an article about them. Chatham, 6 mi away, has 133 on its list, the best known Lee Ryan.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Derek Hales
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1951
Derek Hales
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Lower Halstow
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Lower Halstow, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Lower Halstow
Who is the most famous person from Lower Halstow?
Derek Hales (English footballer (born 1951)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Lower Halstow?
1 people born in Lower Halstow have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lower Halstow known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Lower Halstow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lower Halstow’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 (6)
- 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
- Lewis Theobald: William Hogarth, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward James Reed: Carlo Pellegrini, Public domain, 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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