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Famous people · Somerset
13 famous people come from Somerset, Tommy Lee Wallace the best known
Tommy Lee Wallace, the American film director, is the most widely known, written about in 20 languages. Second and third on the list are John Sherman Cooper and Edwin P. Morrow. Leaders make up the largest group, 4 of them. Born in 1801, Milton Sublette is the first name on record, and Josh Anderson, born in 1982, the most recent.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Tommy Lee Wallace
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1801
Milton Sublette
Youngest
1982
Josh Anderson
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Somerset
Two of the three are leaders.
#2Politics & Law
John Sherman Cooper
1901–1991American politician, jurist, and diplomat
18 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Somerset’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1900s than in any other decade: 3.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageSportsBusinessMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Somerset is known for
Somerset has 2.5× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Somerset
A further 10 follow, born between 1801 and 1982.
No one matches both filters.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Burnside lists the most people: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Somerset and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- John Sherman Cooper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin P. Morrow: Boris B. Gordon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lance Fuller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Monte Montague: Independent Films Association, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Hardwick: Hardwick Campaign Fund, 1974, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Anderson: Kevin.Ward on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Baker, Sr.: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack I. Gregory: The original uploader was Nobunaga24 at English Wikipedia. (Original text: U.S. Air Force), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons