#1Famous people · Cam, Gloucestershire
2 famous people call Cam their birthplace
Most widely known is Falconer Madan, the British librarian, with articles in 6 languages. The list has one more: the British linguist and author Arthur Cornwallis Madan. For more famous names, Berkeley is 4 mi away: its list has 14, led by Edward Jenner. Falconer Madan, born in 1851, is the youngest, and Arthur Cornwallis Madan, born in 1846, the first on record.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Falconer Madan
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1846
Arthur Cornwallis Madan
Youngest
1851
Falconer Madan
The best known
Born in Cam
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Science & Medicine
Arthur Cornwallis Madan
1846–1917British linguist and author
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Cam is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 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
Around it, Berkeley has the most people on record, 14 of them.
Berkeley · 4 miEdward Jenner & 13 moreDBDursley · 1 miDave Bruton & 8 more
Stonehouse · 5 miCharles Wilkins & 3 moreJSWotton-under-Edge · 4 miJamie Stephens & 2 more
Kingswood · 5 miLarissa Wilson & 1 more
Nailsworth · 6 miJoseph Edkins & 1 moreSBBlakeney · 6 miStuart Blanch & 1 more
Eastington · 4 miCharles CowleyQuestions about famous people from Cam
Who is the most famous person from Cam?
Falconer Madan (British librarian (1851-1935)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Arthur Cornwallis Madan.
How many famous people were born in Cam?
2 people born in Cam have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cam?
Arthur Cornwallis Madan, born in 1846. The youngest on the list was born in 1851.
Who counts as from Cam?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cam’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 (6)
- Falconer Madan: Artist Percy Bigland (1858–1926), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Jenner: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wilkins: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larissa Wilson: Erik Jensen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Edkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Cowley: Charles Cowley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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