#1Famous people · Chiddingfold, Surrey
2 famous people were born in Chiddingfold
The best known is the British activist David Fleming, with articles in 6 languages. The other is Peter Denyer, the English footballer. Just 4 mi away, Haslemere’s list holds 28 names, Rachel Portman the best known. From David Fleming in 1940 to Peter Denyer in 1957, the births cover 17 years.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
David Fleming
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1940
David Fleming
Youngest
1957
Peter Denyer
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Chiddingfold
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Known for
What Chiddingfold is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Haslemere has the longest list next door: 28.
Questions about famous people from Chiddingfold
Who is the most famous person from Chiddingfold?
David Fleming (British activist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Peter Denyer.
How many famous people were born in Chiddingfold?
2 people born in Chiddingfold have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Chiddingfold known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chiddingfold?
David Fleming, born in 1940. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Chiddingfold?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chiddingfold’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 (4)
- David Fleming: Blackheathbugle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Firth: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- G.H. Hardy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Phillips: Jennie Stedman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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