#1Writing & Arts
Matthew Arnold
1822–1888British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)
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Famous people · Laleham, Surrey
The 4 famous people born in Laleham, led by Matthew Arnold
Articles in 74 languages make the British poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold the best known. Behind the leader come Gabrielle Anwar and Edward Buckland. From Matthew Arnold in 1822 to Maff Brown in 1974, the births cover 152 years. Per head, the list is long: 15.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Surrey has 2.3.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Matthew Arnold
in 74 Wikipedia languages
First
1822
Matthew Arnold
Youngest
1974
Maff Brown
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
What stands out about Laleham’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Laleham
Matthew Arnold leads with articles in 74 languages, ahead of Gabrielle Anwar (39) and Edward Buckland (4).
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Through the years
When Laleham’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Laleham is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Laleham
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Chertsey lists the most people: 83.
Questions about famous people from Laleham
Who is the most famous person from Laleham?
Matthew Arnold (British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 74 languages. Next come Gabrielle Anwar and Edward Buckland.
How many famous people were born in Laleham?
4 people born in Laleham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Laleham known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Laleham?
Matthew Arnold, born in 1822. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Laleham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Laleham’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 (5)
- Matthew Arnold: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabrielle Anwar: Kristin Dos Santos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Green: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Wilson: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Boorman: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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