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Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Rolvenden, Kent
3 famous people were born in Rolvenden
Most widely known is Frederick Johnson, the cricketer, with articles in 4 languages. The British sculptor and artist Margaret Winser ranks second, ahead of Robert Monypenny. The neighbour with the longest list is Tenterden, 3 mi away: 14, led by David Frost. Over 32 years of births, the list goes from Robert Monypenny (1836) to Margaret Winser (1868).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Frederick Johnson
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1836
Robert Monypenny
Youngest
1868
Margaret Winser
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Rolvenden
Two of the three are athletes.
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Known for
What Rolvenden is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 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
Tenterden has the longest list next door: 14.
Tenterden · 3 miDavid Frost & 13 more
Rye · 8 miJohn Fletcher (playwright) & 13 more
Cranbrook · 5 miBoyd Alexander & 12 more
Hawkhurst · 5 miNick Brown & 6 more
Benenden · 2 miAidan Crawley & 3 more
Biddenden · 4 miJohn R. Winder & 2 moreECWoodchurch · 7 miEdward William Cole
Hurst Green · 7 miTich CornfordQuestions about famous people from Rolvenden
Who is the most famous person from Rolvenden?
Frederick Johnson (cricketer (1851-1923)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Margaret Winser and Robert Monypenny.
How many famous people were born in Rolvenden?
3 people born in Rolvenden have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Rolvenden known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rolvenden?
Robert Monypenny, born in 1836. The youngest on the list was born in 1868.
Who counts as from Rolvenden?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rolvenden’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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