#1Writing & Arts
Dick King-Smith
1922–2011English writer of children's books (1922–2011)
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Famous people · Bitton, Gloucestershire
Bitton counts 3 famous people, first among them Dick King-Smith
Articles in 24 languages make the English writer of children's books Dick King-Smith the best known. Mary Frere, the English author, comes second, with Richenda Carey third. For more famous names, Bristol is 6 mi away: its list has 1,371, led by Paul Dirac. From Mary Frere to Richenda Carey, the births on the list run from 1845 to 1948.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Dick King-Smith
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Mary Frere
Youngest
1948
Richenda Carey
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Bitton
Dick King-Smith has articles in 24 languages, Mary Frere in 9 and Richenda Carey in 6.
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Known for
What Bitton is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 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
Bristol leads the towns around it, with 1,371 names.
Bristol · 6 miPaul Dirac & 1,370 more
Bath · 5 miTyrone Mings & 342 more
Kingswood and Fishponds · 4 miW. G. Grace & 24 more
Keynsham · 2 miMarcus Trescothick & 12 more
Batheaston · 6 miGeorge Montague Harper & 4 more
Whitchurch · 4 miJudd Trump & 1 more
Saltford · 2 miZach WajtknechtWWPucklechurch · 4 miWalter WigmoreQuestions about famous people from Bitton
Who is the most famous person from Bitton?
Dick King-Smith (English writer of children's books (1922–2011)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come Mary Frere and Richenda Carey.
How many famous people were born in Bitton?
3 people born in Bitton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bitton known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bitton?
Mary Frere, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Bitton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bitton’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 (8)
- Dick King-Smith: Henry Buckton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Dirac: Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyrone Mings: DavidPMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. G. Grace: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Trescothick: Ngb at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- George Montague Harper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Judd Trump: Martin Rulsch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Wajtknecht: Lawson Speedway, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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