Photo: SuzanneKn at English Wikipedia · Public domainNo famous person born in Brookwood is listed yet
For more famous names, Woking is 3 mi away: its list has 107, led by Sarah Mullally. Famous people are on record for 72 of the towns in Surrey. Guildford has the most of any town in Surrey: 197. After Guildford, the next longest list in Surrey is Epsom’s, with 180.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Brookwood’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Brookwood yet.
Famous people born near Brookwood
The longest list nearby is Woking’s, with 107.
Questions about famous people from Brookwood
Who counts as from Brookwood?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brookwood’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 (3)
- Sarah Mullally: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James, Earl of Wessex: NZ Defence Force, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Gabriel: MerleEllaPatsy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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