Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Broadwindsor has no famous person on record yet
Frederick Weld heads the list in Bridport, 6 mi away, which has 21 names. The Dorset lists hold names for 40 towns. The longest list in Dorset is Bournemouth’s, with 205 names. After Bournemouth, the next longest list in Dorset is Poole’s, with 114.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Broadwindsor’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Broadwindsor yet.
Famous people born near Broadwindsor
Around it, Bridport has the most people on record, 21 of them.
Bridport · 6 miFrederick Weld & 20 more
Lyme Regis · 9 miMary Anning & 8 more
Chard · 8 miMargaret Bondfield & 6 moreJABeaminster · 3 miJonah Ayunga & 5 more
Crewkerne · 4 miMark Pritchard & 5 more
Misterton · 4 miEllen Buckingham Mathews & 1 more
Axminster · 9 miWilliam Buckland & 1 more
South Petherton · 9 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Broadwindsor
Who counts as from Broadwindsor?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Broadwindsor’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 (7)
- 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
- Mark Pritchard: Claire Rowland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Buckingham Mathews: Stanislaw Walery (1863 - 1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Buckland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton: . The original uploader was RossLoudon at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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