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Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Wrotham Heath, Kent
One famous person was born in Wrotham Heath
The British politician Evan Luard was born in 1926. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 3 languages. Larkfield, 5 mi away, has 6 on its list, the best known Barry Hawkins.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Evan Luard
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1926
Evan Luard
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Wrotham Heath
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Larkfield: 6.
Larkfield · 5 miBarry Hawkins & 5 more
Wateringbury · 5 miStewart Symes & 4 more
Wrotham · 2 miHenry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge & 3 moreCCBorough Green · 1 miCatherine Crowe & 2 more
Plaxtol · 3 miWalter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley & 2 moreGFKings Hill · 3 miGeorge Willoughby Fraser & 2 moreCFHadlow · 5 miColin Fairservice & 2 moreSCSnodland · 5 miStephen CaponQuestions about famous people from Wrotham Heath
Who is the most famous person from Wrotham Heath?
Evan Luard (British politician (1926-1991)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Wrotham Heath?
1 people born in Wrotham Heath have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Wrotham Heath known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Wrotham Heath?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wrotham Heath’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 (4)
- Barry Hawkins: DerHexer, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stewart Symes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge: After Francis Holl / Eden Upton Eddis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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