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Writing & Arts
Mabel Stringer
1868–1958English golf player, journalist and promoter (1868-1958)
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Photo: Chris Gunns · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · New Romney, Kent
2 famous people were born in New Romney
Mabel Stringer leads the list, covered in 2 languages. The other is Dorothy Bannon, the English nurse. Nearby, Hythe, 8 mi away, lists 17, led by Robert Holdstock. The earliest on the list is Mabel Stringer, born in 1868, and the youngest Dorothy Bannon, born in 1885.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Mabel Stringer
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
Mabel Stringer
Youngest
1885
Dorothy Bannon
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in New Romney
DB#2
Known for
What New Romney is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, 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
Close by, Hythe counts 17 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from New Romney
Who is the most famous person from New Romney?
Mabel Stringer (English golf player, journalist and promoter (1868-1958)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Dorothy Bannon.
How many famous people were born in New Romney?
2 people born in New Romney have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is New Romney known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from New Romney?
Mabel Stringer, born in 1868. The youngest on the list was born in 1885.
Who counts as from New Romney?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside New Romney’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 (2)
- Robert Holdstock: Philippe Gindre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Barton: most probably Thomas Holloway (1748–1827)[2] based on a painting by Henry Tresham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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