#1Famous people · Warlingham, Surrey
2 famous people were born in Warlingham from 1897 to 1999
Articles in 5 languages make the American painter Douglas Chandor the best known. The only other name is the British racing driver Jamie Caroline. The neighbour with the longest list is Croydon, 4 mi away: 502, led by Kate Moss. Douglas Chandor was born in 1897.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Douglas Chandor
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1897
Douglas Chandor
Youngest
1999
Jamie Caroline
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Warlingham
#1#2Known for
What Warlingham is known for
Share of Warlingham’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Croydon lists the most people: 502.
Questions about famous people from Warlingham
Who is the most famous person from Warlingham?
Douglas Chandor (American painter (1897–1953)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Jamie Caroline.
How many famous people were born in Warlingham?
2 people born in Warlingham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Warlingham known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Warlingham?
Douglas Chandor, born in 1897. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Warlingham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Warlingham’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 (7)
- Douglas Chandor: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Caroline: Kristin Greenwood, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Moss: Crooked House Films, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Nighy: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Trott: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, 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
- John Surtees: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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