Photo: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0Motcombe has no famous person on record yet
Within 2 mi, Shaftesbury lists the most: 13, with Robert Newton first. Bournemouth has the most of any town in Dorset: 205. After Bournemouth, the next longest list in Dorset is Poole’s, with 114. 40 towns across Dorset can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Motcombe’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Motcombe yet.
Famous people born near Motcombe
The neighbour with the most names is Shaftesbury, at 13.
Shaftesbury · 2 miRobert Newton & 12 more
Mere · 5 miIan Bone & 3 moreDHWincanton · 9 miDiana Hoddinott & 3 more
Tisbury · 6 miEtheldred Benett & 2 more
Gillingham · 3 miThomas Willmore & 1 moreAAMarnhull · 6 miAdam Ayles & 1 more
Stalbridge · 9 miRachel Lloyd & 1 moreSFTemplecombe · 9 miSteve Forshaw & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Motcombe
Who counts as from Motcombe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Motcombe’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)
- Robert Newton: Trailer screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Bone: Leutha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Etheldred Benett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Willmore: Konrad Jacobs, Copyright is MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Lloyd: Brooklyn Museum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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