#1Writing & Arts
Terry Pratchett
1948–2015English fantasy author (1948–2015)
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Famous people · Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Terry Pratchett and 21 more famous people were born in Beaconsfield
The English fantasy author Terry Pratchett is written about in 104 languages. Close behind are Sarah Brown and Piers Paul Read. Writers and artists are unusually common here: 9, 3.5 times the usual share. The earliest on the list is Fanny Anne Charsley, born in 1828, and the youngest Sam Togwell, born in 1984.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Terry Pratchett
in 104 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
Fanny Anne Charsley
Youngest
1984
Sam Togwell
Most common field
Writing & Arts
9 people
What stands out about Beaconsfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Beaconsfield
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Sarah Brown
born 1963British campaigner for global health and education
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PR#3
Known for
What Beaconsfield is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 3.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Beaconsfield’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 8.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Beaconsfield
19 more, 7 of them writers and artists.
Chris Harris
born 1975British automotive journalist, racing driver and television presenter
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Fanny Anne Charsley
1828–1915British natural history painter and lithographer (1828–1915)
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, High Wycombe has the most on record: 107.
High Wycombe · 5 miAaron Taylor-Johnson & 106 more
Cookham · 5 miStanley Spencer & 16 more
Chalfont St Giles · 3 miNick Clegg & 12 more
Gerrards Cross · 4 miKenneth More & 9 more
Bourne End · 3 miRosamond Lehmann & 6 more
Amersham · 5 miMervyn King & 6 morePOChalfont St Peter · 4 miPatrick O'Brian & 3 more
Seer Green · 2 miBenedict Read & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Beaconsfield
Who is the most famous person from Beaconsfield?
Terry Pratchett (English fantasy author (1948–2015)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 104 languages. Next come Sarah Brown and Piers Paul Read.
How many famous people were born in Beaconsfield?
22 people born in Beaconsfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 24 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Beaconsfield known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 9 of the 22. That is 41% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beaconsfield?
Fanny Anne Charsley, born in 1828. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Beaconsfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Beaconsfield’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 (16)
- Terry Pratchett: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Brown: Andrew "Skuds" Skudder from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Wheatley: Liauzh, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Harris: steve lyon from los angeles, ca, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Gyimah: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzy Menkes: Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Meyer: DoD photo by R. D. Ward. (Released), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Togwell: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Layton: Rob Mieremet / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson: LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Spencer: No answer by website owner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Clegg: Picture by Marcel Grabowski / UK Gov - UK Government, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth More: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosamond Lehmann: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mervyn King: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benedict Read: Artcyprus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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