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Photo: nick macneill · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Sandhurst, Kent
A single famous person was born in Sandhurst: Hamilton Dyce
Hamilton Dyce, the British actor, was born in 1912. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Of its neighbours, Tenterden, 7 mi away, lists the most: 14, David Frost first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Hamilton Dyce
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1912
Hamilton Dyce
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Sandhurst
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Tenterden’s, at 14 names.
Questions about famous people from Sandhurst
Who is the most famous person from Sandhurst?
Hamilton Dyce (British actor (1912-1972)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Sandhurst?
1 people born in Sandhurst have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Sandhurst known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Sandhurst?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sandhurst’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
- 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
- Albert Relf: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tich Cornford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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