#1Famous people · Whyteleafe, Surrey
Whyteleafe has just one famous person to its name: Fran Logan
In 1956, the Australian politician Fran Logan was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 2 languages. Go 5 mi to Croydon and the list grows to 502, with Kate Moss at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Fran Logan
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1956
Fran Logan
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Whyteleafe
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Croydon has the longest list next door: 502.
Questions about famous people from Whyteleafe
Who is the most famous person from Whyteleafe?
Fran Logan (Australian politician (born 1956)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Whyteleafe?
1 people born in Whyteleafe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Whyteleafe known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Whyteleafe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whyteleafe’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)
- 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
- Kate Moss: Crooked House Films, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Nighy: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Millis Jefferis: Unknown War Office photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Chandor: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Surtees: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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