The Parish Church of St John the Baptist · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 3.0Next door to Sutton, Petworth lists 16 famous people
Of the famous people on record, none was born in Sutton. The longest list in West Sussex is Chichester’s, with 110 names. Worthing has the second-longest list in West Sussex, after Chichester, with 103. 56 of the towns in West Sussex list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Sutton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Sutton yet.
Famous people born near Sutton
The fullest list close by belongs to Petworth, with 16.
Petworth · 4 miWilfrid Scawen Blunt & 15 more
Arundel · 6 miJudy Geeson & 12 moreCFPulborough · 5 miCharles Frend & 8 more
Midhurst · 7 miHelen Joseph & 4 moreEHStorrington · 7 miErnest Hammond & 3 more
Walberton · 6 miSir William Anson, 3rd Baronet & 1 more
West Chiltington · 7 miMaddie HinchRBEasebourne · 7 miRobert Benedict BourdillonQuestions about famous people from Sutton
Who counts as from Sutton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sutton’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)
- Wilfrid Scawen Blunt: The original uploader was Montanabw at English Wikipedia. (Original text: Unknown, uploaded by (Montanabw)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Judy Geeson: 20th Century Fox/Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Joseph: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maddie Hinch: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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