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Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Whitfield, Kent
2 famous people call Whitfield their birthplace
At the top of the list is the British theatrical agent Billy Marsh, covered in one language. The list has one more: the British flying ace Edward Crundall. Nearby, Dover, 2 mi away, lists 118, led by Joss Stone. The first birth on record is Edward Crundall’s, in 1896, and the last Billy Marsh’s, in 1917.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Billy Marsh
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Edward Crundall
Youngest
1917
Billy Marsh
The best known
Born in Whitfield
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Known for
What Whitfield is known for
The largest field is Military, with 1 people.
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
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Whitfield
Who is the most famous person from Whitfield?
Billy Marsh (British theatrical agent) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come Edward Crundall.
How many famous people were born in Whitfield?
2 people born in Whitfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Whitfield?
Edward Crundall, born in 1896. The youngest on the list was born in 1917.
Who counts as from Whitfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whitfield’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 (3)
- Joss Stone: Ice Boy Tell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Harvey: After Daniël Mijtens, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Carter: John Fayram, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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