Photo: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Mosterton is listed yet
The nearest list is in Bridport, 8 mi away: 21 names, starting with Frederick Weld. In all of Dorset, the famous people on record come from 40 towns. Bournemouth’s 205 names make the longest list in Dorset. 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 Mosterton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Mosterton yet.
Famous people born near Mosterton
The neighbour with the most names is Bridport, at 21.
Bridport · 8 miFrederick Weld & 20 more
Chard · 8 miMargaret Bondfield & 6 morePAIlminster · 8 miPaul Adcock & 6 moreJABeaminster · 3 miJonah Ayunga & 5 more
Crewkerne · 3 miMark Pritchard & 5 more
Misterton · 2 miEllen Buckingham Mathews & 1 more
South Petherton · 7 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 more
Merriott · 5 miFrancis TraskQuestions about famous people from Mosterton
Who counts as from Mosterton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mosterton’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)
- Frederick Weld: Herman John Schmidt, 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
- John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton: . The original uploader was RossLoudon at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Trask: Tyree Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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