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Famous people · Leatherhead, Surrey
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 24 famous people born in Leatherhead
Eric Green, the field hockey player, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. More than half were born in the 20th century, 14 in all. The list comes to 20.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.3 in the typical town in Surrey. The earliest on the list is Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, born in 1748, and the youngest Simon Patterson, born in 1967.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Eric Green
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1748
Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
Youngest
1967
Simon Patterson
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Leatherhead’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Leatherhead is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 4.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Leatherhead
Counted by languages, Eric Green is ahead of John Campbell-Jones and Deborah Findlay: 16, 13 and 12.
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#3Through the years
When Leatherhead’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 5.
SportsWriting & ArtsMilitaryFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Leatherhead
21 more, from 1748 to 1967.
Harold Mortimer-Lamb
1872–1970Canadian engineer, artist and photographer (1872-1970)
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Harold Auten
1891–1964British naval officer (1891–1964); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Epsom’s, with 180.
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Ashtead · 1 miA. P. Herbert & 6 moreBPTadworth and Epsom Downs · 4 miBernard Pusey & 5 more
Great Bookham and Fetcham · 2 miRoger Waters & 4 more
Esher · 5 miCharles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Leatherhead
Who is the most famous person from Leatherhead?
Eric Green (field hockey player (1878-1972)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come John Campbell-Jones and Deborah Findlay.
How many famous people were born in Leatherhead?
24 people born in Leatherhead have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 25 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Leatherhead known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 24. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Leatherhead?
Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, born in 1748. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Leatherhead?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Leatherhead’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 (15)
- Deborah Findlay: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet: William Beechey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Bowley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Cooper: Unknown authorUnknown author (ACME), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Johnson: Darkroomwithaview, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Patterson: Ivorypress, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Wilkins Waite: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian C. C. Seligman: Levant Schooner Flotilla, WWII, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Auten: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Felton: German Film & Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurence Olivier: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Petula Clark: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- A. P. Herbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Waters: digboston, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: A. Gimm, Gotha, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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