#1Famous people · Chertsey, Surrey
83 famous people were born in Chertsey, most of them since 1970
Robert Green, the English association football player, is the most widely known, written about in 51 languages. Second and third on the list are Harvey Elliott and Katie Archibald. The first birth on record is William Yalden’s, in 1740, and the last Joshua Whatley’s, in 2005. Fewer than a quarter of the 72 towns in Surrey with famous people list more.
Born here
83
notable people
Best known
Robert Green
in 51 Wikipedia languages
First
1740
William Yalden
Youngest
2005
Joshua Whatley
Most common field
Sports
56 people
What stands out about Chertsey’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Chertsey’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 18 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Chertsey
Ranked by languages covered: Robert Green with 51, then Harvey Elliott with 43 and Katie Archibald with 23.
#1
#2Sports
Harvey Elliott
born 2003English association football player (born 2003)
43 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Known for
What Chertsey is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Chertsey
The other 80 span the years 1740 to 2005.
Charles Swinfen Eady, 1st Baron Swinfen
1851–1919British lawyer and judge (1851-1919)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Staines-upon-Thames’, with 34.
HFStaines-upon-Thames · 3 miHarry Freeman & 33 more
Shepperton · 3 miJohn Boorman & 7 more
Addlestone · 1 miArnold Jackson & 6 more
Byfleet · 3 miTom Richardson & 5 more
Laleham · 2 miMatthew Arnold & 3 moreBHNew Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater · 3 miBob Hall & 3 moreNBVirginia Water · 3 miNicholas Brooks & 1 more
Weybridge · 3 miHenry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
Shepperton · 3 miJohn Boorman & 7 moreAddlestone · 1 miArnold Jackson & 6 moreByfleet · 3 miTom Richardson & 5 moreLaleham · 2 miMatthew Arnold & 3 moreBHNew Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater · 3 miBob Hall & 3 moreNBVirginia Water · 3 miNicholas Brooks & 1 moreWeybridge · 3 miHenry Stuart, Duke of GloucesterQuestions about famous people from Chertsey
Who is the most famous person from Chertsey?
Robert Green (English association football player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 51 languages. Next come Harvey Elliott and Katie Archibald.
How many famous people were born in Chertsey?
83 people born in Chertsey have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 94 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Chertsey known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 56 of the 83. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chertsey?
William Yalden, born in 1740. The youngest on the list was born in 2005.
Who counts as from Chertsey?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chertsey’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 (41)
- Robert Green: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Elliott: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Archibald: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Hawkins: JMazing97, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Lock: Ghiacand, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Brabants: NHS Employers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Kimball: Sarah Stierch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Hawkins: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Appleton: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Houghton: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Bowler: MilesaMFC, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Richard Smith: Kevin Bryant, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Giles: Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gemma Bissix: Rammikins!, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Rushton: Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellie Chowns: Laurie Noble, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Hibbert: Gert Jan Koster, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jody Fannin: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Callum Kennedy: Rob Crane from Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louisa Sawers: Hydrogenline21, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toby Garbett: John Slade, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Beach: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Cooper Henderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Morrison: Pvt pauline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Parker: Vinqui, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Saunders: Mikhail Slain, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy May: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alistair Potts: Pastacider, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Vellacott: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Swinfen Eady, 1st Baron Swinfen: William Hartley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Sunderland: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Coombs: Jaguar MENA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Longhurst: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Taylor: James Boyes, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Dayton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Toby Tarrant: Tdm783, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Boorman: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Jackson: unkonwn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Richardson: Reinhold Thiele, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Arnold: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester: Adriaen Hanneman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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