#1Sports
John Surtees
1934–2017British motorcycle and automobile racer (1934–2017)
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Famous people · Tatsfield, Surrey
John Surtees is the only name on the Tatsfield list
In 1934, the British motorcycle and automobile racer John Surtees was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 51 languages. For more famous names, Caterham is 5 mi away: its list has 13, led by Bill Nighy.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
John Surtees
in 51 Wikipedia languages
First
1934
John Surtees
Most common field
Sports
1 people
What stands out about Tatsfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Tatsfield
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Caterham, with 13.
Questions about famous people from Tatsfield
Who is the most famous person from Tatsfield?
John Surtees (British motorcycle and automobile racer (1934–2017)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 51 languages.
How many famous people were born in Tatsfield?
1 people born in Tatsfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Tatsfield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Tatsfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tatsfield’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 (6)
- John Surtees: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Nighy: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Trott: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wolfe: Attributed to Joseph Highmore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Chandor: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fran Logan: Fran_Logan,_John_Welch,_Toni_Walkington,_and_Paul_Kaplan.jpg: Flickr user cpsucsa derivative work: IgnorantArmies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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