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Edward Jenner
1749–1823English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)
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Famous people · Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Edward Jenner and 13 more famous people were born in Berkeley
Edward Jenner has articles in 114 languages. Behind the leader come James Phipps and Michael Praed. In the 20th century, 5 were born, the most of any period. Athletes make up the largest group, 6 of them.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Edward Jenner
in 114 Wikipedia languages
First
1245
Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
Youngest
1969
Nicky Smith
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Berkeley’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Berkeley
By how many languages cover them, Edward Jenner comes first (114), then James Phipps (12) and Michael Praed (12).
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Through the years
When Berkeley’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1780s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Berkeley is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 6 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Berkeley
11 more, from 1245 to 1969.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Thornbury, at 13.
RDThornbury · 6 miRichard William George Dennis & 12 moreDBDursley · 5 miDave Bruton & 8 moreSJLydney · 4 miSteve James & 4 moreJSWotton-under-Edge · 6 miJamie Stephens & 2 more
Cam · 4 miFalconer Madan & 1 moreSBBlakeney · 5 miStuart Blanch & 1 moreJPYorkley and Whitecroft · 6 miJohn Pitman & 1 more
Kingswood · 6 miLarissa Wilson & 1 more
Cam · 4 miFalconer Madan & 1 moreSBBlakeney · 5 miStuart Blanch & 1 moreJPYorkley and Whitecroft · 6 miJohn Pitman & 1 moreKingswood · 6 miLarissa Wilson & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Berkeley
Who is the most famous person from Berkeley?
Edward Jenner (English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 114 languages. Next come James Phipps and Michael Praed.
How many famous people were born in Berkeley?
14 people born in Berkeley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 22 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Berkeley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 14. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Berkeley?
Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, born in 1245. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Berkeley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Berkeley’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)
- Edward Jenner: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Phipps: Gaston Mélingue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Falconer Madan: Artist Percy Bigland (1858–1926), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larissa Wilson: Erik Jensen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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