Photo: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Raymond's Hill
Just 9 mi away, Bridport’s list holds 21 names, Frederick Weld the best known. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Raymond's Hill. 83 towns in Devon have at least one famous person on record. Plymouth has the most of any town in Devon: 565.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Raymond's Hill’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Raymond's Hill yet.
Famous people born near Raymond's Hill
Nearby, Bridport has the most on record, with 21.
Bridport · 9 miFrederick Weld & 20 more
Lyme Regis · 3 miMary Anning & 8 more
Chard · 8 miMargaret Bondfield & 6 moreJDSeaton · 6 miJohn Denham & 5 moreJABeaminster · 10 miJonah Ayunga & 5 more
Colyton · 5 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 more
Axminster · 2 miWilliam Buckland & 1 moreATUplyme · 2 miAlfred TemplemanQuestions about famous people from Raymond's Hill
Who counts as from Raymond's Hill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Raymond's Hill’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)
- Frederick Weld: Herman John Schmidt, 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
- 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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