Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0No one born in Woolpack Corner has made the famous people list yet
A short trip away, Tenterden (2 mi) counts 14 famous people, David Frost among them. 122 of the towns in Kent list at least one person. Canterbury has the most of any town in Kent: 160. After Canterbury, the next longest list in Kent is Maidstone’s, with 136.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Woolpack Corner’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Woolpack Corner yet.
Famous people born near Woolpack Corner
The longest list nearby is Tenterden’s, with 14.
Tenterden · 2 miDavid Frost & 13 more
Cranbrook · 6 miBoyd Alexander & 12 more
Hawkhurst · 8 miNick Brown & 6 more
Benenden · 5 miAidan Crawley & 3 more
Biddenden · 2 miJohn R. Winder & 2 moreJWHeadcorn · 5 miJohn WillesECWoodchurch · 5 miEdward William ColeJPSutton Valence · 8 miJohn Hastings, 2nd Earl of PembrokeQuestions about famous people from Woolpack Corner
Who counts as from Woolpack Corner?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Woolpack Corner’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 (5)
- David Frost: Robert D. Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyd Alexander: Photographer unknown - obituary by W R Ogilvie-Grant, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Brown: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aidan Crawley: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Winder: Charles Roscoe Savage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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