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Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bransgore, Hampshire
Bransgore is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Adam Nicolson, the British writer, with articles in 9 languages. The next two names are Pam Gems and Frederick Molyneux. Bournemouth, 6 mi away, has 205 on its list, the best known Virginia Wade. The list comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.7 in the typical town in Hampshire.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Adam Nicolson
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Frederick Molyneux
Youngest
1957
Adam Nicolson
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Bransgore
By how many languages cover them, Adam Nicolson comes first (9), then Pam Gems (8) and Frederick Molyneux (2).
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Known for
What Bransgore is known for
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
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
The most names next door are in Bournemouth: 205.
Questions about famous people from Bransgore
Who is the most famous person from Bransgore?
Adam Nicolson (British writer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Pam Gems and Frederick Molyneux.
How many famous people were born in Bransgore?
3 people born in Bransgore have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bransgore 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 Bransgore?
Frederick Molyneux, born in 1885. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Bransgore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bransgore’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 (3)
- Virginia Wade: UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Finlay: RAF Official, 1941., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Redknapp: Will Palmer from Leeds, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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