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Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Beer, Devon
Beer has one famous person on record
William Henry Woodgate came into the world in 1827. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. One language has an article about them so far. Within 6 mi, Sidmouth lists the most: 16, with Edmund Leach first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
William Henry Woodgate
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1827
William Henry Woodgate
The best known
Born in Beer
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Sidmouth has the most on record: 16.
ELSidmouth · 6 miEdmund Leach & 15 more
Honiton · 8 miJoanne Pavey & 14 more
Ottery St Mary · 9 miSamuel Taylor Coleridge & 10 more
Lyme Regis · 7 miMary Anning & 8 moreJDSeaton · 1 miJohn Denham & 5 more
Colyton · 3 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 more
Axminster · 8 miWilliam Buckland & 1 moreATUplyme · 7 miAlfred Templeman
Honiton · 8 miJoanne Pavey & 14 moreOttery St Mary · 9 miSamuel Taylor Coleridge & 10 moreLyme Regis · 7 miMary Anning & 8 moreJDSeaton · 1 miJohn Denham & 5 moreColyton · 3 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 moreAxminster · 8 miWilliam Buckland & 1 moreATUplyme · 7 miAlfred TemplemanQuestions about famous people from Beer
Who is the most famous person from Beer?
William Henry Woodgate is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Beer?
1 people born in Beer have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who counts as from Beer?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Beer’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 (5)
- Joanne Pavey: SNappa2006, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Samuel Cousins / After Washington Allston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Anning: Credited to 'Mr. Grey' in Crispin Tickell's book 'Mary Anning of Lyme Regis' (1996), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet: Edmund Scott, published by Samuel William Fores, after Mather Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Buckland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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