Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people from Rolvenden Layne
Within 3 mi, Tenterden lists the most: 14, with David Frost first. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Rolvenden Layne. In all of Kent, the famous people on record come from 122 towns. The longest list in Kent is Canterbury’s, with 160 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Rolvenden Layne’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Rolvenden Layne yet.
Famous people born near Rolvenden Layne
The fullest list close by belongs to Tenterden, with 14.
Tenterden · 3 miDavid Frost & 13 more
Rye · 7 miJohn Fletcher (playwright) & 13 more
Cranbrook · 6 miBoyd Alexander & 12 more
Hawkhurst · 6 miNick Brown & 6 more
Benenden · 3 miAidan Crawley & 3 more
Biddenden · 5 miJohn R. Winder & 2 moreECWoodchurch · 6 miEdward William Cole
Hurst Green · 8 miTich CornfordQuestions about famous people from Rolvenden Layne
Who counts as from Rolvenden Layne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rolvenden Layne’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 (7)
- David Frost: Robert D. Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Fletcher (playwright): Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyd Alexander: Photographer unknown - obituary by W R Ogilvie-Grant, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Brown: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aidan Crawley: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Winder: Charles Roscoe Savage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tich Cornford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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