#1Film, TV & Stage
John Boorman
born 1933British film director, producer and screenwriter
43 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Shepperton, Surrey
8 famous people were born in Shepperton, most of them in the 20th century
John Boorman leads the list, covered in 43 languages. The next two names are Robert Faurisson and Roy Urquhart. From Roy Urquhart to James Woodgate, the births on the list run from 1901 to 2002. 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
John Boorman
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Roy Urquhart
Youngest
2002
James Woodgate
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Shepperton’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Shepperton
John Boorman leads with articles in 43 languages, ahead of Robert Faurisson (26) and Roy Urquhart (21).
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#2Science & Medicine
Robert Faurisson
1929–2018French academic and Holocaust denier (1929–2018)
26 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Shepperton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 1 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitaryWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Shepperton is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 3 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Shepperton
5 more, from 1910 to 2002.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Shepperton, with how many people each has.
Chertsey · 3 miRobert Green & 82 more
Ashford · 3 miRuth Wilson & 37 moreHFStaines-upon-Thames · 3 miHarry Freeman & 33 more
Sunbury-on-Thames · 2 miJohn Glen & 15 more
Addlestone · 3 miArnold Jackson & 6 more
Hersham · 3 miJimmy Pursey & 5 more
Laleham · 3 miMatthew Arnold & 3 more
Weybridge · 2 miHenry Stuart, Duke of GloucesterQuestions about famous people from Shepperton
Who is the most famous person from Shepperton?
John Boorman (British film director, producer and screenwriter) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 43 languages. Next come Robert Faurisson and Roy Urquhart.
How many famous people were born in Shepperton?
8 people born in Shepperton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Shepperton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 8. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shepperton?
Roy Urquhart, born in 1901. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Shepperton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shepperton’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 (12)
- John Boorman: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Faurisson: Tepa, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Urquhart: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Fry: chdphd, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liv Dawson: Alexpepperb, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Green: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Wilson: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Glen: The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Jackson: unkonwn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Pursey: Man Alive!, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Arnold: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester: Adriaen Hanneman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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