#1Famous people · Mickleham, Surrey
2 famous people were born in Mickleham from 1772 to 1893
Most widely known is Arthur Carr, the cricketer, with articles in 9 languages. The other is William Wingfield Baker. For more famous names, Dorking is 3 mi away: its list has 47, led by Laurence Olivier. The list’s best known name, Arthur Carr, dates from 1893.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Arthur Carr
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1772
William Wingfield Baker
Youngest
1893
Arthur Carr
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Mickleham
#1WB#2
Politics & Law
William Wingfield Baker
1772–1858British politician; (1772-1858)
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Known for
What Mickleham is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
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
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Dorking · 3 miLaurence Olivier & 46 moreEGLeatherhead · 2 miEric Green & 23 more
Ashtead · 3 miA. P. Herbert & 6 moreBPTadworth and Epsom Downs · 5 miBernard Pusey & 5 more
Great Bookham and Fetcham · 2 miRoger Waters & 4 more
Westcott · 3 miThomas Robert Malthus & 1 more
Brockham · 3 miThomas Burberry
Kingswood · 5 miDennis BardenQuestions about famous people from Mickleham
Who is the most famous person from Mickleham?
Arthur Carr (cricketer (1893-1963)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come William Wingfield Baker.
How many famous people were born in Mickleham?
2 people born in Mickleham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mickleham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mickleham?
William Wingfield Baker, born in 1772. The youngest on the list was born in 1893.
Who counts as from Mickleham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mickleham’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 (7)
- Arthur Carr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurence Olivier: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- A. P. Herbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Waters: digboston, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Robert Malthus: John Linnell, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Burberry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Barden: Valentin Hübner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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