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Frank Lampard
born 1978English association football player and manager
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Famous people · Havering, London
Of the 232 famous people born in Havering, none is better known than Frank Lampard
104 languages have an article about Frank Lampard. In the 20th century, 116 were born, the most of any period. With 35 performers, the list holds 1.8 times the share found across UK towns. The list comes to 8.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in London, at 12.9.
Born here
232
notable people
Best known
Frank Lampard
in 104 Wikipedia languages
First
1528
Elizabeth Hoby
Youngest
2004
George Earthy
Most common field
Sports
130 people
What stands out about Havering’s famous people
Known worldwideFrank Lampard has a Wikipedia article in 104 languages.Still making names149 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2004.A town of performersAmong the 232 people born here, 35 are performers: 1.8 times the usual share.232 notable peopleMore than most towns: 232 notable people were born in Havering.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Havering
The three best known are all athletes.
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When Havering’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 35.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Havering is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Havering
229 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Arthur Surridge Hunt
1871–1934English papyrologist and egyptologist (1871–1934)
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Jackie Stedall
1950–2014British mathematician and historian of mathematics
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Mike Smith
1955–2014Television, radio presenter, racing driver, pilot, and businessman from England
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Gordon Reece
1929–2001British businessman, journalist, political/public relations strategist
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Stephen Charles
1858–1950English first-class cricketer and British Army officer (1858-1950)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Havering
Who is the most famous person from Havering?
Frank Lampard (English association football player and manager) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 104 languages. Next come Tony Adams and Jonjo Shelvey.
How many famous people were born in Havering?
232 people born in Havering have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 262 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Havering known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 130 of the 232. That is 56% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Havering?
Elizabeth Hoby, born in 1528. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Havering?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Havering’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 (77)
- Frank Lampard: Mehdi Bolourian, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Adams: Jade Moulds, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonjo Shelvey: Matlock-Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Williams: MATT BECKER, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Imogen Heap: Duk3L1xon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean-Charles Chapman: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesy Nelson: InfoGibraltar, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Taylor: dalli58, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicky Shorey: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Martin: --Steindy 16:16, 29 August 2019 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark King: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Parlour: Wonker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Freddie Sears: East Ham Bull, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Johnson: Lynne Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Lewis: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Quarles: Unknown authorUnknown author; hochgeladen von ANKAWÜ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ireen Sheer: Olaf Kosinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Jilly Cooper: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Goodman: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Selt: DerHexer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Surridge Hunt: James Russell and Sons PLC, 1919 bzw. :en:User:Alastair Haines, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frankie Sandford: The_Saturdays_at_Monkwearmouth,_Sunderland_1.jpg: Rach derivative work: Tabercil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo O'Meara: Mikay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Lansley: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Lee: Will bcfc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Dobson: MilesaMFC, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Black: Krzysztof Popławski, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Rosindell: ©House of Commons / Laurie Noble, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Marcus: Stanley Kubrick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Barnard: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luciano Bacheta: Andrea Volpato from pv Novara, Italia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dillon Phillips: Adam.P.Shaw, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Hoby: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Millicent Martin: Unknown authorUnknown author This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roberto Pavoni: Idobi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Garry: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27466406@N00/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Upward: Jeff Allinson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Nichols: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Evennett: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Earthy: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Flack: Derek Bennett, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Sculfor: Walterlan Papetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. V. Smith: B. Erdoedy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Dunn: User:TheWelshKopite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clive Needle: EU2017EE Estonian Presidency, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene Amo-Dadzie: Bearas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Onslow: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kylie Babbington: Ian Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrie Wilson: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juddy666/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Porter: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Fenwick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Madeley: Transition Heathrow and Jonathan Goldberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Flight: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Edwards: Jim Donnelly from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Saah: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Jones: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Eldridge: David Eldridge, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gemma Collins: GemmaCollagen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Mitchell: Mac Dreamstate, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Lazarowicz: Paul Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Duncan-Jordan: ©House of Commons / Laurie Noble, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Wight: Simon Richards, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Taylor: Longbomb / Wilson Wong, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Davies: CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garry Richards: ChrisTheDude at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lisa Thompson: Duaa Khidir, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Young: Kivo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Molly Rainford: Meena, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ollie Muldoon: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Coles: Pvt pauline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Searle: RMLondon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave West: Forbiddenlondon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Paul: United Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maggie Smith: N/A studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Terry: ChristopherJClarke, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Gunnell: Sally_Gunnell_in_1995.jpg: User:Electric.tapir derivative work: Ukexpat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleanor Pike: Laurence Warburton Pike, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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