#1Famous people · Bassingham, Lincolnshire
Jack Harvey is the only name on the Bassingham list
Jack Harvey, the British racing driver, was born in 1993. Their story is told in 11 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Lincoln, 8 mi away: 211, led by George Boole. The longest list in Lincolnshire is Lincoln’s, with 211 names.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Jack Harvey
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1993
Jack Harvey
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Bassingham
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Lincoln, at 211.
Questions about famous people from Bassingham
Who is the most famous person from Bassingham?
Jack Harvey (British racing driver) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bassingham?
1 people born in Bassingham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bassingham 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 Bassingham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bassingham’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)
- Jack Harvey: Nick Jacuby Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Boole: Samuel Prout Newcombe (c1824-1912), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rupert Sheldrake: Zereshk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Evans: Lelièvre Jean-Philippe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Brooke: Catherine Read, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamlet Clark: Southwell studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Hallworth: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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