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John Sulston
1942–2018British biologist and Nobel laureate (1942–2018)
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Famous people · Fulmer, Buckinghamshire
Fulmer counts 5 famous people, first among them John Sulston
The best known is the British biologist and Nobel laureate John Sulston, with articles in 54 languages. The British actor Michael York ranks second, ahead of Dilys Watling. 5 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. The oldest name on the list belongs to John Sulston, born in 1942, the newest to Anthony Cross, born in 1945.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
John Sulston
in 54 Wikipedia languages
First
1942
John Sulston
Youngest
1945
Anthony Cross
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
What stands out about Fulmer’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Fulmer
Performers take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Fulmer’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 5.
Film, TV & StageScience & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fulmer is known for
Fulmer has 7× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fulmer
Here are 2 more, born from 1942 to 1945.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Slough’s, with 132.
Slough · 4 miJohn Frederick William Herschel & 131 more
Gerrards Cross · 1 miKenneth More & 9 moreJHIver · 4 miJulian Haviland & 6 morePOChalfont St Peter · 3 miPatrick O'Brian & 3 moreVAFarnham Common and Farnham Royal · 2 miVic Armstrong & 1 more
Seer Green · 4 miBenedict Read & 1 more
Iver Heath · 2 miPrince Michael of KentQuestions about famous people from Fulmer
Who is the most famous person from Fulmer?
John Sulston (British biologist and Nobel laureate (1942–2018)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 54 languages. Next come Michael York and Dilys Watling.
How many famous people were born in Fulmer?
5 people born in Fulmer have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Fulmer known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fulmer?
John Sulston, born in 1942. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Fulmer?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fulmer’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)
- John Sulston: Arienette22, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael York: Jeremiah Garcia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Frederick William Herschel: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth More: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Benedict Read: Artcyprus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince Michael of Kent: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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