Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Markbeech
For more famous names, East Grinstead is 6 mi away: its list has 26, led by Richard Leman. 122 of the towns in Kent list at least one person. The longest list in Kent is Canterbury’s, with 160 names. Maidstone has the second-longest list in Kent, after Canterbury, with 136.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Markbeech’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Markbeech yet.
Famous people born near Markbeech
The neighbour with the most names is East Grinstead, at 26.
Edenbridge · 3 miMichael Manley & 9 more
Southborough · 7 miKenneth Hutchings & 7 more
Lingfield · 6 miHenry Surtees & 3 more
Rusthall and Langton Green · 6 miEmma Louisa Turner & 2 moreTTGroombridge · 5 miThomas Turner & 1 moreGPDormansland · 5 miGordon PotterIILeigh · 5 miIsaac IngramQuestions about famous people from Markbeech
Who counts as from Markbeech?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Markbeech’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 (4)
- Michael Manley: Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Hutchings: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Surtees: Skully Collins, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Louisa Turner: unknown, image taken in the 1890s, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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