#1Science & Medicine
Alfred North Whitehead
1861–1947English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)
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Famous people · Ramsgate, Kent
Alfred North Whitehead leads the 37 famous people born in Ramsgate
The English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead is written about in 99 languages. Brenda Blethyn, the British actress, comes second, with Gary Pallister third. Fewer than a quarter of the 122 towns in Kent with famous people list more. The list runs from Francis Holman, born in 1729, to Aaron Millbank, born in 1995.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
Alfred North Whitehead
in 99 Wikipedia languages
First
1729
Francis Holman
Youngest
1995
Aaron Millbank
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Ramsgate’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Ramsgate
Languages with an article: 99 for Alfred North Whitehead, 44 for Brenda Blethyn, 31 for Gary Pallister.
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Through the years
When Ramsgate’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1870s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ramsgate is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ramsgate
Here are 34 more, born from 1729 to 1995.
Elizabeth Gould
1804–1841English artist, illustrator and lithographer (1804-1841)
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Robert Hartford-Davis
1923–1977British film director, producer and writer (1923–1977)
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Winifred Marie Louise Austen
1876–1964British artist and illustrator (1876–1964)
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Herbert Strong
1880–1944Professional golfer, golf course architect, golf administrator
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Margate, with 51.
Questions about famous people from Ramsgate
Who is the most famous person from Ramsgate?
Alfred North Whitehead (English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 99 languages. Next come Brenda Blethyn and Gary Pallister.
How many famous people were born in Ramsgate?
37 people born in Ramsgate have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 45 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ramsgate known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 16 of the 37. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ramsgate?
Francis Holman, born in 1729. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Ramsgate?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ramsgate’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 (20)
- Alfred North Whitehead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brenda Blethyn: che (Please credit as "Petr Novák, Wikipedia" in case you use this outside Wikimedia projects.), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- John Marshall: It's not artificial intelligence, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lilian Braithwaite: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Gould: unknown (This image is from an oil portrait by an unknown artist, painted after Elizabeth’s death in 1841), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. W. Pugin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Parker: Nationaal Archief, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Joseph Jordan: Parliament of New Zealand, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Millbank: Kane Brooker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bretton Byrd: BenedictByrd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Garrett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Coxen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Holman: Francis Holman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Belson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Strong: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Howard: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Carter: John Fayram, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Heath: Moshe Milner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. M. Reynolds: Reynolds's Miscellany, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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