#1Science & Medicine
Thomas Wakley
1795–1862English surgeon and reformer (died 1862)
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Famous people · Membury, Devon
Membury has one famous person on record
In 1795, the English surgeon and reformer Thomas Wakley was born. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Articles about them exist in 11 languages. Honiton, 8 mi off, can claim 15 famous people, the best known Joanne Pavey.
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notable people
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Thomas Wakley
in 11 Wikipedia languages
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1795
Thomas Wakley
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Membury
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Honiton, at 15.
Honiton · 8 miJoanne Pavey & 14 more
Lyme Regis · 7 miMary Anning & 8 more
Chard · 5 miMargaret Bondfield & 6 morePAIlminster · 9 miPaul Adcock & 6 moreJDSeaton · 8 miJohn Denham & 5 more
Colyton · 6 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 more
Axminster · 3 miWilliam Buckland & 1 moreATUplyme · 7 miAlfred TemplemanQuestions about famous people from Membury
Who is the most famous person from Membury?
Thomas Wakley (English surgeon and reformer (died 1862)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages.
How many famous people were born in Membury?
1 people born in Membury have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Membury known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Membury?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Membury’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)
- Thomas Wakley: "By W.H. Egleton, after K. Meadows.", 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
- William Buckland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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