Photo: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0No one from Dormans Park is on the famous people list yet
Richard Leman tops the 26 names on record in East Grinstead, 1 mi away. No town in Surrey lists more than Guildford, with 197. After Guildford, the next longest list in Surrey is Epsom’s, with 180. In all of Surrey, the famous people on record come from 72 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Dormans Park’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Dormans Park yet.
Famous people born near Dormans Park
Nearby, East Grinstead has the most on record, with 26.
Questions about famous people from Dormans Park
Who counts as from Dormans Park?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dormans Park’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)
- Michael Manley: Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Surtees: Skully Collins, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Vowles: Wf1fan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Hunter: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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