#1Writing & Arts
Michael Ventris
1922–1956British architect and linguist (1922-1956)
36 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
Wheathampstead counts 4 famous people, first among them Michael Ventris
Michael Ventris, the British architect and linguist, is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. Second and third on the list are Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan and Robin Chapple. Over 69 years of births, the list goes from Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan (1878) to Paul Walters (1947). The longest list of any town in Hertfordshire belongs to Watford, with 224.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Michael Ventris
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan
Youngest
1947
Paul Walters
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Wheathampstead
Michael Ventris, Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan and Robin Chapple are written about in 36, 3 and 3 languages.
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Military
Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan
1878–1950Anflo-Irish soldier and priest (1878-1950)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Wheathampstead’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Writing & ArtsMilitaryPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wheathampstead is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wheathampstead
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, St Albans has the most on record: 127.
St Albans · 4 miAdam Lallana & 126 more
Welwyn Garden City · 4 miDavid James & 85 more
Hatfield · 4 miRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury & 40 moreDSHarpenden · 3 miDavid Sharp & 34 moreARWelwyn · 4 miAdrian Reynard & 3 more
Redbourn · 5 miClaude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne & 3 more
Sandridge · 2 miJohn DavisJCCodicote · 4 miJohn ClementsQuestions about famous people from Wheathampstead
Who is the most famous person from Wheathampstead?
Michael Ventris (British architect and linguist (1922-1956)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 36 languages. Next come Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan and Robin Chapple.
How many famous people were born in Wheathampstead?
4 people born in Wheathampstead have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Wheathampstead known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wheathampstead?
Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan, born in 1878. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
Who counts as from Wheathampstead?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wheathampstead’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 (7)
- Michael Ventris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robin Chapple: Australian Greens, CC BY-SA 2.5 au, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Lallana: PANNATHORN SUKMANONT, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David James: Ilya Khokhlov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne: Franz Richard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Davis: Unidentified engraver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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