#1Writing & Arts
Brion Gysin
1916–1986British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986)
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Famous people · Taplow, Buckinghamshire
Writers and artists stand out among the 22 famous people born in Taplow
Brion Gysin is the best known, with articles in 15 languages. The next two names are Richard Sanderson and Rob Williams. Most were born since 1970: 13 of them. The earliest on the list is Phyllis Barron, born in 1890, and the youngest Rob Williams, born in 1985.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Brion Gysin
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Phyllis Barron
Youngest
1985
Rob Williams
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Taplow’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Taplow’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 9 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicBusinessPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Taplow is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Taplow
First, Brion Gysin (15 languages), then Richard Sanderson (14) and Rob Williams (14).
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Everyone else born in Taplow
Here are 19 more, born from 1890 to 1984.
Phyllis Barron
1890–1964Barron, (Mabel) Phyllis (1890–1964), designer and textile printer
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Slough, at 132.
Slough · 4 miJohn Frederick William Herschel & 131 more
Maidenhead · 2 miHugh Lofting & 51 more
Eton · 4 miWilliam Oughtred & 31 more
Windsor · 5 miEdward III of England & 28 more
Cookham · 2 miStanley Spencer & 16 more
Marlow · 5 miSteve Redgrave & 12 more
Bourne End · 3 miRosamond Lehmann & 6 moreVAFarnham Common and Farnham Royal · 4 miVic Armstrong & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Taplow
Who is the most famous person from Taplow?
Brion Gysin (British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Richard Sanderson and Rob Williams.
How many famous people were born in Taplow?
22 people born in Taplow 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 Taplow known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 11 of the 22. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Taplow?
Phyllis Barron, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Taplow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Taplow’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 (10)
- Brion Gysin: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Sanderson: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Williams: Steve Elliott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Frederick William Herschel: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Lofting: Unknown (Before 1925) Depicts Hugh Lofting (1886-1947), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Oughtred: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward III of England: TheAncientHistorian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Spencer: No answer by website owner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Redgrave: Steve_Redgrave_20110525.jpg: Phil Guest derivative work: MachoCarioca, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosamond Lehmann: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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