#1Film, TV & Stage
Jack Phillips
1887–1912British wireless operator (1887–1912)
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Famous people · Farncombe, Surrey
3 famous people come from Farncombe, Jack Phillips the best known
At the top of the list is the British wireless operator Jack Phillips, covered in 23 languages. Geoffrey Fletcher is second and Nellie Boxall third. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 2.3, close to the 2.3 of the typical Surrey town. Within 4 mi, Guildford lists the most: 197, with Lily Collins first.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Jack Phillips
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Jack Phillips
Youngest
1919
Geoffrey Fletcher
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Farncombe
Ranked by languages covered: Jack Phillips with 23, then Geoffrey Fletcher with 5 and Nellie Boxall with 2.
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Business
Nellie Boxall
1890–1965Boxall, Nellie (1890–1965), cook and servant
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Known for
What Farncombe is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
Close by, the fullest list is Guildford’s, at 197 names.
Questions about famous people from Farncombe
Who is the most famous person from Farncombe?
Jack Phillips (British wireless operator (1887–1912)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 23 languages. Next come Geoffrey Fletcher and Nellie Boxall.
How many famous people were born in Farncombe?
3 people born in Farncombe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Farncombe known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Farncombe?
Jack Phillips, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1919.
Who counts as from Farncombe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Farncombe’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 (2)
- Jack Phillips: Jennie Stedman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lily Collins: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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