#1Famous people · Sellindge, Kent
A single famous person was born in Sellindge: Edmund Berry Godfrey
The English magistrate Edmund Berry Godfrey was born in 1622. Their birth falls before the Georgians. Readers can find them written up in 4 languages. Ashford, 7 mi off, can claim 80 famous people, the best known Frederick Forsyth.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Edmund Berry Godfrey
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1622
Edmund Berry Godfrey
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Sellindge
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Ashford has the most on record, with 80.
Questions about famous people from Sellindge
Who is the most famous person from Sellindge?
Edmund Berry Godfrey (English magistrate) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Sellindge?
1 people born in Sellindge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Sellindge known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Sellindge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sellindge’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)
- Edmund Berry Godfrey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Forsyth: Hannu Lindroos / Helsingin Sanomat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Harvey: After Daniël Mijtens, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Holdstock: Philippe Gindre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Macaulay: Robert Edge Pine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Barton: most probably Thomas Holloway (1748–1827)[2] based on a painting by Henry Tresham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Stanley Parker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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