Photo: The Voice of Hassocks · Public domainNo famous person yet from Sharpthorne
The nearest list is in Cuckfield, 6 mi away: 55 names, starting with Tara Fitzgerald. Famous people are on record for 56 of the towns in West Sussex. The longest list of any town in West Sussex belongs to Chichester, with 110. Worthing has the second-longest list in West Sussex, after Chichester, with 103.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Sharpthorne’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Sharpthorne yet.
Famous people born near Sharpthorne
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Cuckfield · 6 miTara Fitzgerald & 54 more
Haywards Heath · 6 miKaya Scodelario & 33 moreRLEast Grinstead · 4 miRichard Leman & 25 more
Ardingly · 3 miJon Snow & 4 moreABCrawley Down · 3 miAlfred Brackpool & 2 moreMFHorsted Keynes · 3 miMark Faber & 1 more
Forest Row · 4 miWillie Hunter
Felbridge · 5 miJames VowlesQuestions about famous people from Sharpthorne
Who counts as from Sharpthorne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sharpthorne’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 (5)
- Tara Fitzgerald: Tracy Howl from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kaya Scodelario: Desmond Herzfelder, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Snow: cowbite from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Hunter: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Vowles: Wf1fan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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