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William Buckland
1784–1856English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
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Famous people · Axminster, Devon
The 2 famous people born in Axminster, led by William Buckland
Best known of all is William Buckland, written about in 50 languages. The list has one more: the American gridiron football player John L. Templeman. Born in 1784, William Buckland is the first name on record, and John L. Templeman, born in 1872, the most recent. Just 11 mi away, Bridport’s list holds 21 names, Frederick Weld the best known.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
William Buckland
in 50 Wikipedia languages
First
1784
William Buckland
Youngest
1872
John L. Templeman
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What stands out about Axminster’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Axminster
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Known for
What Axminster is known for
Ministers and preachers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Bridport, at 21.
Bridport · 11 miFrederick Weld & 20 more
Honiton · 9 miJoanne Pavey & 14 more
Lyme Regis · 5 miMary Anning & 8 more
Chard · 6 miMargaret Bondfield & 6 morePAIlminster · 10 miPaul Adcock & 6 moreJDSeaton · 6 miJohn Denham & 5 more
Colyton · 5 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 moreATUplyme · 4 miAlfred TemplemanQuestions about famous people from Axminster
Who is the most famous person from Axminster?
William Buckland (English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 50 languages. Next come John L. Templeman.
How many famous people were born in Axminster?
2 people born in Axminster have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Axminster known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Axminster?
William Buckland, born in 1784. The youngest on the list was born in 1872.
Who counts as from Axminster?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Axminster’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)
- William Buckland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Weld: Herman John Schmidt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanne Pavey: SNappa2006, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Anning: Credited to 'Mr. Grey' in Crispin Tickell's book 'Mary Anning of Lyme Regis' (1996), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Bondfield: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet: Edmund Scott, published by Samuel William Fores, after Mather Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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