Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people from Staplehurst
Cranbrook, 5 mi off, can claim 13 famous people, the best known Boyd Alexander. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Staplehurst. 122 towns across Kent can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Kent belongs to Canterbury, with 160.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Staplehurst’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Staplehurst as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Staplehurst
Close by, the fullest list is Cranbrook’s, at 13 names.
Cranbrook · 5 miBoyd Alexander & 12 more
Benenden · 7 miAidan Crawley & 3 more
Marden · 3 miEdward Battersby Bailey & 2 more
Biddenden · 5 miJohn R. Winder & 2 more
Horsmonden · 5 miWilliam Moon & 2 moreJLCoxheath · 5 miJohn Larking & 1 more
Paddock Wood · 7 miFrederick E. Morgan & 1 moreJWHeadcorn · 3 miJohn WillesQuestions about famous people from Staplehurst
Who counts as from Staplehurst?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Staplehurst’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)
- Boyd Alexander: Photographer unknown - obituary by W R Ogilvie-Grant, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aidan Crawley: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Battersby Bailey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Winder: Charles Roscoe Savage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Moon: Engraved by D. & H. Taylor, after a photograph by W. & A. Fry, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick E. Morgan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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