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Famous people · Minster (Swale), Kent
Minster (Swale) is the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the English cricketer Phil Edwards, covered in 4 languages. The Australian politician Harry May ranks second, ahead of Gerald Bird. From Harry May in 1892 to Phil Edwards in 1984, the births cover 92 years. The list comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Kent, at 3.1.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Phil Edwards
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Harry May
Youngest
1984
Phil Edwards
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Minster (Swale)
First, Phil Edwards (4 languages), then Harry May (3) and Gerald Bird (2).
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Through the years
When Minster (Swale)’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1920s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Minster (Swale) is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Minster (Swale)
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Sittingbourne’s, at 24 names.
Questions about famous people from Minster (Swale)
Who is the most famous person from Minster (Swale)?
Phil Edwards (English cricketer (born 1984)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Harry May and Gerald Bird.
How many famous people were born in Minster (Swale)?
4 people born in Minster (Swale) have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Minster (Swale) known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Minster (Swale)?
Harry May, born in 1892. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Minster (Swale)?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Minster (Swale)’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)
- Harry May: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Theobald: William Hogarth, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward James Reed: Carlo Pellegrini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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