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Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Charminster, Dorset
Charminster is the birthplace of 2 famous people
At the top of the list is the English historian Malcolm Deas, covered in 4 languages. The only other name is the English cricketer Dick Moore. The neighbour with the longest list is Weymouth, 8 mi away: 75, led by Henry Moseley. The earliest on the list is Dick Moore, born in 1913, and the youngest Malcolm Deas, born in 1941.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Malcolm Deas
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Dick Moore
Youngest
1941
Malcolm Deas
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Charminster
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Known for
What Charminster is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Weymouth: 75.
Questions about famous people from Charminster
Who is the most famous person from Charminster?
Malcolm Deas (English historian) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Dick Moore.
How many famous people were born in Charminster?
2 people born in Charminster have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Charminster known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Charminster?
Dick Moore, born in 1913. The youngest on the list was born in 1941.
Who counts as from Charminster?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Charminster’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 (3)
- Henry Moseley: AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, W. F. Meggers Gallery of Nobel Laureates, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Evans: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Morton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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