#1Science & Medicine
Hugh Algernon Weddell
1819–1877Anglo-French botanist, physician, and explorer (1819-1877)
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Famous people · Painswick, Gloucestershire
Hugh Algernon Weddell tops a list of 5 famous people born in Painswick
With articles in 17 languages, Hugh Algernon Weddell is the most widely known. Behind the leader come Madame Restell and Edward Stanton. 4 of them were born in the Georgian era, more than in any other period. Madame Restell, born in 1812, is the earliest name and Ernest Sibree, born in 1859, the latest.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Hugh Algernon Weddell
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1812
Madame Restell
Youngest
1859
Ernest Sibree
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
What stands out about Painswick’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Painswick’s famous people were born
The 1810s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Science & MedicineNotablePolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Painswick
The three are covered in 17, 7 and 3 languages: Hugh Algernon Weddell, Madame Restell and Edward Stanton.
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#3Politics & Law
Edward Stanton
1827–1907British officer and diplomat (1827–1907)
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Known for
What Painswick is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Painswick
Another 2, the earliest born in 1835.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Painswick, with how many people each has.
Gloucester · 5 miCharles Wheatstone & 214 more
Stroud · 3 miMartin Evans & 54 more
Brockworth · 4 miSimon Pegg & 3 more
Stonehouse · 5 miCharles Wilkins & 3 more
Minchinhampton · 6 miJoanna Trollope & 3 more
Quedgeley and Hardwicke · 5 miScott Redding & 1 more
Upton St Leonards · 3 miRalph Arthur Penrhyn Clements
Chalford · 4 miJohn ThomasQuestions about famous people from Painswick
Who is the most famous person from Painswick?
Hugh Algernon Weddell (Anglo-French botanist, physician, and explorer (1819-1877)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Madame Restell and Edward Stanton.
How many famous people were born in Painswick?
5 people born in Painswick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Painswick known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Painswick?
Madame Restell, born in 1812. The youngest on the list was born in 1859.
Who counts as from Painswick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Painswick’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 (11)
- Hugh Algernon Weddell: Léopold Dubois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Restell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Stanton: Karol Beyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wheatstone: Samuel Laurence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Evans: Cardiff University, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Pegg: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wilkins: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Trollope: Dreamspy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Redding: HubertduMaine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements: Photograph by Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Thomas: Unknown authorUnknown author The author has signed the engraving, but the name is illegible, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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