JA#1
Famous people · Beaminster, Dorset
Jonah Ayunga tops a list of 6 famous people born in Beaminster
Most widely known is Jonah Ayunga, the Kenyan association football player, with articles in 10 languages. The next two names are Thomas Sprat and Theodore Robinson. The largest group, 3, was born in the Victorian era. The earliest on the list is Thomas Sprat, born in 1635, and the youngest Jonah Ayunga, born in 1997.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Jonah Ayunga
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1635
Thomas Sprat
Youngest
1997
Jonah Ayunga
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Beaminster
Athletes take two of the three places.
#2Writing & Arts
Thomas Sprat
1635–1713English churchman and writer (1635–1713)
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
TR#3
Through the years
When Beaminster’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 1.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Beaminster is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Beaminster
Still to come: 3 more, from 1858 to 1923.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Bridport lists the most people: 21.
Bridport · 5 miFrederick Weld & 20 more
Lyme Regis · 10 miMary Anning & 8 more
Crewkerne · 6 miMark Pritchard & 5 more
Misterton · 5 miEllen Buckingham Mathews & 1 more
South Petherton · 10 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 more
Bradpole · 4 miWilliam Edward Forster
Merriott · 7 miFrancis TraskWSStoke sub Hamdon · 10 miWalter ShuldhamQuestions about famous people from Beaminster
Who is the most famous person from Beaminster?
Jonah Ayunga (kenyan association football player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Thomas Sprat and Theodore Robinson.
How many famous people were born in Beaminster?
6 people born in Beaminster have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Beaminster known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beaminster?
Thomas Sprat, born in 1635. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Beaminster?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Beaminster’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 (8)
- Thomas Sprat: John Smith / After Michael Dahl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Mark Pritchard: Claire Rowland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Buckingham Mathews: Stanislaw Walery (1863 - 1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton: . The original uploader was RossLoudon at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Edward Forster: Henry Tanworth Wells, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Trask: Tyree Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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