#1Famous people · Brockham, Surrey
One famous person was born in Brockham
Thomas Burberry, the British businessman, was born in 1835. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Readers can find them written up in 15 languages. The nearest list is in Redhill, 5 mi away: 80 names, starting with Nick Hornby.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Thomas Burberry
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Thomas Burberry
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Brockham
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Redhill’s, at 80 names.
Questions about famous people from Brockham
Who is the most famous person from Brockham?
Thomas Burberry (British businessman (1835–1926)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages.
How many famous people were born in Brockham?
1 people born in Brockham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Brockham known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Brockham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brockham’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 (7)
- Thomas Burberry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Hornby: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margot Fonteyn: Hurok Concerts (U.S.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurence Olivier: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Waters: digboston, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Robert Malthus: John Linnell, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Barden: Valentin Hübner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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