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Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. · CC BY 2.5Famous people · Yalding, Kent
One famous person was born in Yalding
In 1946, the English footballer Tony Weston was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their name appears in articles in 3 languages. Go 5 mi to Maidstone and the list grows to 136, with Robert Fisk at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Tony Weston
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1946
Tony Weston
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Yalding
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Maidstone, at 136.
Maidstone · 5 miRobert Fisk & 135 more
Larkfield · 5 miBarry Hawkins & 5 more
Wateringbury · 2 miStewart Symes & 4 moreGFKings Hill · 3 miGeorge Willoughby Fraser & 2 moreCFHadlow · 4 miColin Fairservice & 2 more
Marden · 4 miEdward Battersby Bailey & 2 more
Horsmonden · 6 miWilliam Moon & 2 moreJLCoxheath · 3 miJohn Larking & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Yalding
Who is the most famous person from Yalding?
Tony Weston (English footballer (born 1946)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Yalding?
1 people born in Yalding have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Yalding known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Yalding?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Yalding’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)
- Robert Fisk: Alan Liefting, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Hawkins: DerHexer, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stewart Symes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Battersby Bailey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Moon: Engraved by D. & H. Taylor, after a photograph by W. & A. Fry, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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