Photo: Howard Hudson · CC BY 2.5Walton-on-Thames has yet to put a famous person on the list
The neighbour with the longest list is West Molesey, 3 mi away: 36, led by Christian de Duve. Guildford has the most of any town in Surrey: 197. After Guildford, the next longest list in Surrey is Epsom’s, with 180. The Surrey lists hold names for 72 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Walton-on-Thames’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Walton-on-Thames yet.
Famous people born near Walton-on-Thames
The fullest list close by belongs to West Molesey, with 36.
West Molesey · 3 miChristian de Duve & 35 more
Sunbury-on-Thames · 2 miJohn Glen & 15 more
Shepperton · 2 miJohn Boorman & 7 moreKMCobham · 4 miKenneth McAlpine & 7 more
Addlestone · 4 miArnold Jackson & 6 more
Hersham · 1 miJimmy Pursey & 5 more
Byfleet · 4 miTom Richardson & 5 more
Esher · 2 miCharles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Walton-on-Thames
Who counts as from Walton-on-Thames?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Walton-on-Thames’ 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 (7)
- Christian de Duve: Julien Doornaert, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- John Glen: The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Boorman: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Jackson: unkonwn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Pursey: Man Alive!, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Richardson: Reinhold Thiele, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: A. Gimm, Gotha, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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