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Business
George Courtauld
1802–1861British textile manufacturer (1802–1861)
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Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Pebmarsh, Essex
Pebmarsh has just one famous person to its name: George Courtauld
The British textile manufacturer George Courtauld was born in 1802. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Go 5 mi to Sudbury and the list grows to 21, with Thomas Gainsborough at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
George Courtauld
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1802
George Courtauld
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Pebmarsh
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Sudbury’s, with 21.
Questions about famous people from Pebmarsh
Who is the most famous person from Pebmarsh?
George Courtauld (British textile manufacturer (1802–1861)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Pebmarsh?
1 people born in Pebmarsh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Pebmarsh known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Pebmarsh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pebmarsh’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 (4)
- Thomas Gainsborough: Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Morton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Unwin: Unknown photographer of the time, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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