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Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Southfleet, Kent
2 famous people were born in Southfleet
Most widely known is Arthur Wellard, the English cricketer, with articles in 7 languages. The other is George Murray, the British civil servant. Within 3 mi, Gravesend lists the most: 103, with Derek Barton first. The list runs from George Murray, born in 1849, to Arthur Wellard, born in 1902.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Arthur Wellard
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1849
George Murray
Youngest
1902
Arthur Wellard
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Southfleet
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Known for
What Southfleet is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
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
The most names next door are in Gravesend: 103.
Questions about famous people from Southfleet
Who is the most famous person from Southfleet?
Arthur Wellard (English cricketer (1902-1980)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come George Murray.
How many famous people were born in Southfleet?
2 people born in Southfleet have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Southfleet known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Southfleet?
George Murray, born in 1849. The youngest on the list was born in 1902.
Who counts as from Southfleet?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Southfleet’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 (2)
- Derek Barton: National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Fry: Yabush, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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