#1Science & Medicine
Mervyn King
born 1948British economist (born 1948)
18 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Mervyn King tops a list of 7 famous people born in Amersham
Most widely known is Mervyn King, the British economist, with articles in 18 languages. Second and third on the list are Edmund Crispin and David Mitchell. In the 20th century, 6 were born, the most of any period. From Percy Hobson Holyoak to Andrew Campbell, the births on the list run from 1874 to 1949.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Mervyn King
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Percy Hobson Holyoak
Youngest
1949
Andrew Campbell
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Amersham
Ranked by languages covered: Mervyn King with 18, then Edmund Crispin with 11 and David Mitchell with 5.
#1EC#2
Music
Edmund Crispin
1921–1978British composer and crime novelist (1921-1978)
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
DM#3
Politics & Law
David Mitchell
1928–2014Conservative politician from England (1928–2014)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Amersham’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 3 births.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineMusicSportsBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Amersham is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Amersham
The other 4 span the years 1874 to 1949.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Beaconsfield · 5 miTerry Pratchett & 21 more
Chalfont St Giles · 3 miNick Clegg & 12 more
Chesham · 2 miMargaret Mee & 7 morePOChalfont St Peter · 5 miPatrick O'Brian & 3 moreCFChorleywood · 5 miCaroline Ford & 2 more
Seer Green · 4 miBenedict Read & 1 more
Bovingdon · 4 miFrances de la Tour & 1 moreTLHazlemere · 5 miTerry Long & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Amersham
Who is the most famous person from Amersham?
Mervyn King (British economist (born 1948)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Edmund Crispin and David Mitchell.
How many famous people were born in Amersham?
7 people born in Amersham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Amersham known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Amersham?
Percy Hobson Holyoak, born in 1874. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Amersham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Amersham’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 (8)
- Mervyn King: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Hobson Holyoak: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts: 1wacs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Pratchett: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Clegg: Picture by Marcel Grabowski / UK Gov - UK Government, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Mee: Tony Morrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benedict Read: Artcyprus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances de la Tour: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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