#1Famous people · Lower Upnor, Kent
From 1835 to 1960, Lower Upnor was the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the television and print journalist Nick Thorpe the best known. The other is Henry Nicholson, the Royal Navy admiral. The neighbour with the longest list is Chatham, 4 mi away: 133, led by Lee Ryan. Nick Thorpe was born in 1960.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Nick Thorpe
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Henry Nicholson
Youngest
1960
Nick Thorpe
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Lower Upnor
#1HN#2
Known for
What Lower Upnor is known for
Performers 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
Close by, the fullest list is Chatham’s, at 133 names.
Chatham · 4 miLee Ryan & 132 more
Gillingham · 3 miDavid Harvey & 75 more
Rochester · 2 miKelly Brook & 70 more
Hoo St Werburgh · 2 miDeclan Galbraith & 1 moreBSHigham · 3 miBert Smith & 1 moreGBShorne · 4 miGeorge Bennett & 1 moreTHHalling · 5 miThomas James Harris & 1 moreGBCliffe · 4 miGeorge BesleeQuestions about famous people from Lower Upnor
Who is the most famous person from Lower Upnor?
Nick Thorpe (television and print journalist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Henry Nicholson.
How many famous people were born in Lower Upnor?
2 people born in Lower Upnor have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lower Upnor known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lower Upnor?
Henry Nicholson, born in 1835. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
Who counts as from Lower Upnor?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lower Upnor’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 (5)
- Nick Thorpe: Derzsi Elekes Andor, 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
- Declan Galbraith: Stefan-Xp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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