Photo: Charlesdrakew · Public domainSingleton has yet to put a famous person on the list
Just 5 mi away, Chichester’s list holds 110 names, Tom Odell the best known. 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 Singleton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Singleton yet.
Famous people born near Singleton
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Singleton, with how many people each has.
Chichester · 5 miTom Odell & 109 more
Midhurst · 5 miHelen Joseph & 4 moreHBBosham · 7 miHerbert of Bosham & 3 more
Westhampnett · 4 miJames Lillywhite & 2 more
Walberton · 7 miSir William Anson, 3rd Baronet & 1 more
Tangmere · 4 miCharles Buckner
Fishbourne · 6 miGeorge Dare DowellRBEasebourne · 6 miRobert Benedict BourdillonQuestions about famous people from Singleton
Who counts as from Singleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Singleton’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)
- Tom Odell: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Joseph: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Lillywhite: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Buckner: English School, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Dare Dowell: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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