Waverley Abbey House · Photo: BabelStone · CC BY-SA 3.0Runfold has no famous person on record yet
Nearby, Aldershot, 2 mi away, lists 122, led by Martin Freeman. Guildford’s 197 names make the longest list in Surrey. After Guildford, the next longest list in Surrey is Epsom’s, with 180. Across Surrey, 72 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Runfold’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Runfold yet.
Famous people born near Runfold
Of the towns nearby, Aldershot lists the most people: 122.
Aldershot · 2 miMartin Freeman & 121 moreRCFleet · 6 miRaquel Cassidy & 12 moreHMMilford and Witley · 6 miHerbert Lewis Mellersh & 3 moreJHAsh and Ash Vale · 4 miJohn Hamblin & 2 more
Crondall · 5 miHarold Maxwell-Lefroy & 2 more
Bentley · 6 miHew Pike & 1 moreASFarnham · 2 miAntoine SeilernMHElstead · 3 miMike HickmanQuestions about famous people from Runfold
Who counts as from Runfold?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Runfold’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 (3)
- Martin Freeman: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Maxwell-Lefroy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hew Pike: Jack1956, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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