#1Military
Arnold Jackson
1891–1972Athletics competitor, army officer, and lawyer (1891-1972)
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Famous people · Addlestone, Surrey
Arnold Jackson tops a list of 7 famous people born in Addlestone
Arnold Jackson is the best known, with articles in 26 languages. The list comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.3 in the typical town in Surrey. Births span 1820 to 1967, from William Snell Chauncy to Chris Hohn. No town in Surrey lists more than Guildford, with 197.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Arnold Jackson
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1820
William Snell Chauncy
Youngest
1967
Chris Hohn
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Addlestone
Arnold Jackson, Bruce Payne and Julian Ashton are written about in 26, 20 and 13 languages.
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Film, TV & Stage
Bruce Payne
born 1957English actor and producer (born 1958)
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#3Through the years
When Addlestone’s famous people were born
The 1890s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitaryFilm, TV & StageBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Addlestone is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Addlestone
A further 4 follow, born between 1820 and 1967.
Norman Criddle
1875–1933Canadian entomologist and scientific illustrator (1875-1933)
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William Snell Chauncy
1820–1878English civil engineer, Australian engineer
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Chertsey: 83.
Questions about famous people from Addlestone
Who is the most famous person from Addlestone?
Arnold Jackson (athletics competitor, army officer, and lawyer (1891-1972)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages. Next come Bruce Payne and Julian Ashton.
How many famous people were born in Addlestone?
7 people born in Addlestone have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Addlestone known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Addlestone?
William Snell Chauncy, born in 1820. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Addlestone?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Addlestone’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 (9)
- Arnold Jackson: unkonwn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Ashton: George Washington Lambert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Hohn: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Green: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- John Boorman: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Richardson: Reinhold Thiele, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Pursey: Man Alive!, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Arnold: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester: Adriaen Hanneman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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