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Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bream, Gloucestershire
Bream has just one famous person to its name: John Hatton
John Hatton, the cricketer, was born in 1858. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Within 6 mi, Berkeley lists the most: 14, with Edward Jenner first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
John Hatton
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1858
John Hatton
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Bream
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Berkeley · 6 miEdward Jenner & 13 more
Coleford · 4 miMary Howitt & 8 more
Cinderford · 6 miJohn McAfee & 5 moreSJLydney · 2 miSteve James & 4 moreJPYorkley and Whitecroft · 2 miJohn Pitman & 1 moreSBBlakeney · 4 miStuart Blanch & 1 more
Newnham · 7 miGilbert Barling & 1 moreDPBerry Hill · 5 miDennis PotterQuestions about famous people from Bream
Who is the most famous person from Bream?
John Hatton (cricketer (1858-1915)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bream?
1 people born in Bream have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bream known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Bream?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bream’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
- Mary Howitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John McAfee: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Barling: Lafayette Ltd., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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