#1Writing & Arts
Lewis Theobald
1688–1744English editor and author (1688–1744)
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Famous people · Sittingbourne, Kent
24 famous people were born in Sittingbourne from 1688 to 1994
The best known is the English editor and author Lewis Theobald, with articles in 10 languages. In the 20th century, 10 were born, the most of any period. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 4.4, close to the 3.1 of the typical Kent town. The list is still growing: 8 were born since 1970.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Lewis Theobald
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1688
Lewis Theobald
Youngest
1994
George Rouy
Most common field
Sports
13 people
The best known
Born in Sittingbourne
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Sittingbourne’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryPolitics & LawMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sittingbourne is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 1.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sittingbourne
Another 21, 11 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Faversham: 27.
GFFaversham · 7 miGeorge Finlay & 26 more
Sheerness · 6 miEdward James Reed & 15 moreHLLenham and Harrietsham · 7 miH. Christopher Longuet-Higgins & 4 morePEMinster (Swale) · 6 miPhil Edwards & 3 more
Newington · 3 miDon Potter & 2 moreDHLower Halstow · 4 miDerek HalesRHQueenborough · 5 miRichard Hatherill
Sheerness · 6 miEdward James Reed & 15 moreHLLenham and Harrietsham · 7 miH. Christopher Longuet-Higgins & 4 morePEMinster (Swale) · 6 miPhil Edwards & 3 moreNewington · 3 miDon Potter & 2 moreDHLower Halstow · 4 miDerek HalesRHQueenborough · 5 miRichard HatherillQuestions about famous people from Sittingbourne
Who is the most famous person from Sittingbourne?
Lewis Theobald (English editor and author (1688–1744)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Edgar Brenchley and Andy Drury.
How many famous people were born in Sittingbourne?
24 people born in Sittingbourne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Sittingbourne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 24. That is 54% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sittingbourne?
Lewis Theobald, born in 1688. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Sittingbourne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sittingbourne’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 (6)
- Lewis Theobald: William Hogarth, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Drury: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juddy666/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Henry Caffin: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Whibley: MozzazzoM, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward James Reed: Carlo Pellegrini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Potter: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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