#1Science & Medicine
G. M. B. Dobson
1889–1976British physicist (1889–1976)
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Famous people · Windermere, Cumbria
Writers and artists stand out among the 13 famous people born in Windermere
Articles in 22 languages make the British physicist G. M. B. Dobson the best known. Second and third on the list are Arthur Somervell and Edward Allington. More than half were born in the 20th century, 7 in all. Per head, the list is long: 27 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Cumbria has 10.4.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
G. M. B. Dobson
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1838
Edward Barrow Forrest
Youngest
1951
Edward Allington
Most common field
Writing & Arts
5 people
What stands out about Windermere’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Windermere is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 3.3 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 Windermere
Languages with an article: 22 for G. M. B. Dobson, 11 for Arthur Somervell, 8 for Edward Allington.
#1
#2Music
Arthur Somervell
1863–1937British composer and art song writer (1863–1937)
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Windermere’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Writing & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StageBusinessMilitarySports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Windermere
Here are 10 more, born from 1838 to 1946.
Leonard Hall
1866–1916English journalist, trade unionist and socialit activist
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
6 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Windermere
Who is the most famous person from Windermere?
G. M. B. Dobson (British physicist (1889–1976)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages. Next come Arthur Somervell and Edward Allington.
How many famous people were born in Windermere?
13 people born in Windermere have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 16 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Windermere known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 5 of the 13. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Windermere?
Edward Barrow Forrest, born in 1838. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
Who counts as from Windermere?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Windermere’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)
- G. M. B. Dobson: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Somervell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Allington: Edward Allington Estate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Snow: Dr. A. E. ("Ted") Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Stuart: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Barrow Forrest: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cridland Latham: Digital editing by Tim Davenport ("Carrite") for Wikipedia, no copyright claimed for the work, file released to the public domain without restriction., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Morgan: Richard F. Morgan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Eddington: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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