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Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Lydd, Kent
Lydd is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Raymond Munds, the cricketer, with articles in 3 languages. Irene Wellington is the only other name on the list. Born in 1882, Raymond Munds is the first name on record, and Irene Wellington, born in 1904, the most recent. A short trip away, Hythe (11 mi) counts 17 famous people, Robert Holdstock among them.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Raymond Munds
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
Raymond Munds
Youngest
1904
Irene Wellington
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Lydd
IW#2
Writing & Arts
Irene Wellington
1904–1984Wellington [née Bass; other married name Sutton], Irene (1904–1984), calligrapher
1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Lydd is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
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
Of the towns nearby, Hythe lists the most people: 17.
Questions about famous people from Lydd
Who is the most famous person from Lydd?
Raymond Munds (cricketer (1882-1962)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Irene Wellington.
How many famous people were born in Lydd?
2 people born in Lydd have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lydd 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 Lydd?
Raymond Munds, born in 1882. The youngest on the list was born in 1904.
Who counts as from Lydd?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lydd’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)
- Robert Holdstock: Philippe Gindre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Fletcher (playwright): Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Barton: most probably Thomas Holloway (1748–1827)[2] based on a painting by Henry Tresham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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