Photo: Wsw16 · Public domainNo one from Matfield is on the famous people list yet
Just 5 mi away, Royal Tunbridge Wells’ list holds 119 names, Emma Corrin the best known. In all of Kent, the famous people on record come from 122 towns. Canterbury’s 160 names make the longest list in Kent. After Canterbury, the next longest list in Kent is Maidstone’s, with 136.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Matfield’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Matfield yet.
Famous people born near Matfield
Nearby, Royal Tunbridge Wells has the most on record, with 119.
Royal Tunbridge Wells · 5 miEmma Corrin & 118 more
Tonbridge · 5 miCecil Frank Powell & 52 more
Southborough · 5 miKenneth Hutchings & 7 more
Horsmonden · 3 miWilliam Moon & 2 more
Marden · 5 miEdward Battersby Bailey & 2 moreCFHadlow · 5 miColin Fairservice & 2 more
Paddock Wood · 2 miFrederick E. Morgan & 1 moreTWYalding · 6 miTony WestonQuestions about famous people from Matfield
Who counts as from Matfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Matfield’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)
- Emma Corrin: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Frank Powell: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Hutchings: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Moon: Engraved by D. & H. Taylor, after a photograph by W. & A. Fry, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Battersby Bailey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick E. Morgan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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