#1Film, TV & Stage
Trevor Howard
1913–1988English film, stage and television actor (1913–1988)
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Famous people · Margate, Kent
51 famous people were born in Margate, more of them performers than in most towns
Trevor Howard leads the list, covered in 43 languages. More than half were born in the 20th century, 28 in all. Born in 1798, Richard Laming is the first name on record, and Chi With A C, born in 2001, the most recent. Only 12 of the 122 towns in Kent with anyone on record list more.
Born here
51
notable people
Best known
Trevor Howard
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1798
Richard Laming
Youngest
2001
Chi With A C
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Margate’s famous people
A town of performersPerformers make up 13 of the 51, 3 times the usual share.Known worldwideTrevor Howard has an article in 43 languages, more than anyone else from here.Still making names19 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2001.51 notable peopleMore than most towns: 51 notable people were born in Margate.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Margate is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 3 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Margate
Languages with an article: 43 for Trevor Howard, 18 for Alfred Deller, 18 for Ana Lily Amirpour.
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Ana Lily Amirpour
born 1980British-born American filmmaker
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Through the years
When Margate’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryMusicNotableFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Margate
Another 48, 14 of them athletes.
Bryher
1894–1983English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor (1894-1983)
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Lewis Wright, Baron Wright of Ashton-under-Lyne
1903–1974President of the Trades Union Congress and Member of the House of Lords (1903-1974)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Norah Braden
1901–2001Braden, (Dorothy Kathleen) Norah [Lise] (1901–2001), potter (1901–2001)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Margate, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Margate
Who is the most famous person from Margate?
Trevor Howard (English film, stage and television actor (1913–1988)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 43 languages. Next come Alfred Deller and Ana Lily Amirpour.
How many famous people were born in Margate?
51 people born in Margate have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 66 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Margate known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 14 of the 51. That is 27% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Margate?
Richard Laming, born in 1798. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Margate?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Margate’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 (22)
- Trevor Howard: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ana Lily Amirpour: Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryher: Man Ray, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Ritchie: Joanne from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ollie Robinson: Dave Morton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Neale Dalton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Gault: Wm. Notman & Son, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Clodd: Joseph McCabe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Lawrence: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Stock: MPG, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis John Linnell: Royal Air Force official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Robson Brownhill: Robert Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Haysom: Phoenix1002, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary White: Supergirl101, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norah Braden: unknown ex Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts: BHL/9184, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Powell-Cotton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul McGowan: Weatherman2019, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred North Whitehead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Heath: Moshe Milner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. M. Reynolds: Reynolds's Miscellany, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Ayers: TimDuncan, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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