DB#1
Film, TV & Stage
Daniel Birt
1907–1955British film director (1907-1955)
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Barn About 30 Metres North West of Mersham Manor · Photo: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Mersham, Kent
2 famous people were born in Mersham
At the top of the list is the British film director Daniel Birt, covered in 3 languages. The other is William Knatchbull-Hugessen, the English cricketer. Just 3 mi away, Ashford’s list holds 80 names, Frederick Forsyth the best known. William Knatchbull-Hugessen, born in 1837, is the earliest name and Daniel Birt, born in 1907, the latest.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Daniel Birt
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1837
William Knatchbull-Hugessen
Youngest
1907
Daniel Birt
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Mersham
WK#2
Sports
William Knatchbull-Hugessen
1837–1864English cricketer (1837-1864)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Mersham is known for
Film, TV & Stage leads the fields, with 1 people.
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
The fullest list close by belongs to Ashford, with 80.
Questions about famous people from Mersham
Who is the most famous person from Mersham?
Daniel Birt (British film director (1907-1955)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come William Knatchbull-Hugessen.
How many famous people were born in Mersham?
2 people born in Mersham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Mersham 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 Mersham?
William Knatchbull-Hugessen, born in 1837. The youngest on the list was born in 1907.
Who counts as from Mersham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mersham’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)
- Frederick Forsyth: Hannu Lindroos / Helsingin Sanomat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Holdstock: Philippe Gindre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Macaulay: Robert Edge Pine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Barton: most probably Thomas Holloway (1748–1827)[2] based on a painting by Henry Tresham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Stanley Parker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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