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Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Tadworth and Epsom Downs, Surrey
6 famous people were born in Tadworth and Epsom Downs from 1869 to 1989
At the top of the list is the British cyclist Bernard Pusey, covered in 4 languages. The largest group, 3, was born in the 20th century. Bernard Pusey was born in 1931. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Bernard Pusey
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
Ernie Taylor
Youngest
1989
Dan Gale
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Tadworth and Epsom Downs
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Science & Medicine
Paul Westmacott Richards
1908–1995British botanist and botanical collector (1908-1995)
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Through the years
When Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 2.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tadworth and Epsom Downs is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Tadworth and Epsom Downs
3 more names, born between 1869 and 1909.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Epsom lists the most people: 180.
Questions about famous people from Tadworth and Epsom Downs
Who is the most famous person from Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
Bernard Pusey (British cyclist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Dan Gale and Paul Westmacott Richards.
How many famous people were born in Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
6 people born in Tadworth and Epsom Downs have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Tadworth and Epsom Downs known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
Ernie Taylor, born in 1869. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tadworth and Epsom Downs’ 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 (5)
- Tom Felton: German Film & Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Petula Clark: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angus Deayton: Piers Allardyce, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- A. P. Herbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Barden: Valentin Hübner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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