Photo: Whn64 · CC BY-SA 3.0No one born in Preston has made the famous people list yet
George W. M. Reynolds tops the 16 names on record in Sandwich, 5 mi away. In all of Kent, the famous people on record come from 122 towns. The longest list in Kent is Canterbury’s, with 160 names. 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 Preston’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Preston yet.
Famous people born near Preston
Nearby, Sandwich has the most on record, with 16.
Sandwich · 5 miGeorge W. M. Reynolds & 15 more
Herne Bay · 6 miKevin Ayers & 12 moreEFEastry · 5 miEric Fright & 7 more
Wingham · 2 miWilliam Miller & 1 moreDMLittlebourne · 3 miDicky Mayes & 1 moreGMSturry · 4 miGeoffrey Basil Maiden & 1 moreGCAylesham · 5 miGeorge Curtis & 1 moreAWBridge · 6 miArthur Webb & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Preston
Who counts as from Preston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Preston’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)
- George W. M. Reynolds: Reynolds's Miscellany, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Ayers: TimDuncan, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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