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Faye White
born 1978English association football player (born 1978)
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Famous people · Horley, Surrey
Faye White tops a list of 7 famous people born in Horley
Most widely known is Faye White, the English association football player, with articles in 22 languages. Lol Tolhurst is second and Jack Fairman third. More than half were born in the 20th century, 4 in all. The oldest name on the list belongs to Teddy Bateup, born in 1881, the newest to Robert Emms, born in 1986.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Faye White
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Teddy Bateup
Youngest
1986
Robert Emms
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Horley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Horley’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Horley
First, Faye White (22 languages), then Lol Tolhurst (19) and Jack Fairman (18).
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What Horley is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 4.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Horley
A further 4 follow, born between 1881 and 1986.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Redhill has the most people on record, 80 of them.
Questions about famous people from Horley
Who is the most famous person from Horley?
Faye White (English association football player (born 1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages. Next come Lol Tolhurst and Jack Fairman.
How many famous people were born in Horley?
7 people born in Horley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Horley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 7. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Horley?
Teddy Bateup, born in 1881. The youngest on the list was born in 1986.
Who counts as from Horley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Horley’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 (8)
- Faye White: The original uploader was Wufong at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Lol Tolhurst: W. bootz B. Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Fairman: Kevin Decherf from Nantes, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Morrissey: Capitol Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Hornby: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margot Fonteyn: Hurok Concerts (U.S.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Millis Jefferis: Unknown War Office photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Vowles: Wf1fan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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