#1Writing & Arts
Nick Hornby
born 1957English novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and film producer (born 1957)
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Famous people · Redhill, Surrey
Of the 80 famous people born in Redhill, an unusual share are performers
Nick Hornby is the best known, with articles in 47 languages. Births since 1970 account for 34 of the names. The list runs from Nicholas Edward Brown, born in 1849, to Torrie Malik, born in 2004. For every 10,000 residents there are 24.6 on the list, well above the typical Surrey town’s 2.3.
Born here
80
notable people
Best known
Nick Hornby
in 47 Wikipedia languages
First
1849
Nicholas Edward Brown
Youngest
2004
Torrie Malik
Most common field
Sports
37 people
What stands out about Redhill’s famous people
Still making names58 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2004.Known worldwideNick Hornby has an article in 47 languages, more than anyone else from here.A town of performersPerformers make up 12 of the 80, 1.8 times the usual share.80 notable peopleMore than most towns: 80 notable people were born in Redhill.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Redhill’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 14.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMusicMilitaryPolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Redhill
Performers take two of the three places.
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What Redhill is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Redhill
77 more, from 1849 to 2004.
Edwin Leonard Gill
1877–1956British ornithologist and museum curator (1877-1956)
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Bernard Gray
born 1960Journalist, businessman, Chief of Defence Materiel, UK MoD
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Charles Francis Mott
1877–1967English physicist and educator, Director of Education of Liverpool
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Ray Cooper
born 1954English/Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born 1954
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Vicars Bell
1904–1988Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Redhill
Who is the most famous person from Redhill?
Nick Hornby (English novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and film producer (born 1957)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 47 languages. Next come David Hewlett and Maxim Baldry.
How many famous people were born in Redhill?
80 people born in Redhill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 89 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Redhill known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 37 of the 80. That is 46% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Redhill?
Nicholas Edward Brown, born in 1849. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Redhill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Redhill’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 (32)
- Nick Hornby: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxim Baldry: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Omari Hutchinson: James Cracknell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Edward Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Weston: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Smith: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baron: UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liz May Brice: Badgirlsnet at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip D. Jones: UQx Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Robshaw: Dcoldrey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Kingsford: trailer screenshot (MGM), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mattie Pollock: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Capsey: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dion Conroy: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard D. Gill: Fiet Gill-Hoffstädt and Richard D. Gill at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry McEntire: Morten Fangel from Denmark, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Templar Saxe: Anita Stewart Productions / Vitagraph Company of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina Frederick: Tigerman2612, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Torrie Malik: Dacoucou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Bowe: Luli, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Nadesan: CalzGuy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audio: Tadeáš Bednarz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bevis Hillier: Menkepherre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Hurn: National Assembly for Wales from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Kingsford: Film screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rupert Price Hallowes: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Novell: Andrew Novell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Cooper: Colin Bailey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margot Fonteyn: Hurok Concerts (U.S.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Faye White: The original uploader was Wufong at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Millis Jefferis: Unknown War Office photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Barden: Valentin Hübner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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