#1Science & Medicine
Augustus Charles Gregory
1819–1905Australian explorer (1819-1905)
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Famous people · Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire
2 famous people come from Farnsfield, Augustus Charles Gregory the best known
Articles in 17 languages make the Australian explorer Augustus Charles Gregory the best known. The other is Richard Howitt, the British cricketer. Go 7 mi to Mansfield and the list grows to 149, with Rebecca Adlington at the top. Richard Howitt, born in 1864, is the youngest, and Augustus Charles Gregory, born in 1819, the first on record.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Augustus Charles Gregory
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1819
Augustus Charles Gregory
Youngest
1864
Richard Howitt
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Farnsfield
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What Farnsfield is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, 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 longest list nearby is Mansfield’s, with 149.
Mansfield · 7 miRebecca Adlington & 148 moreAHCalverton · 5 miAmos Hind & 7 moreECBlidworth · 3 miErnie Coleman & 3 more
Woodborough · 6 miWilliam Whysall & 2 more
New Ollerton and Ollerton · 7 miKathleen Frances Barker & 1 moreAPRavenshead · 6 miAnthony PalfremanJHForest Town · 6 miJoseph HodgettsBBLowdham · 7 miBetty BeltonQuestions about famous people from Farnsfield
Who is the most famous person from Farnsfield?
Augustus Charles Gregory (Australian explorer (1819-1905)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Richard Howitt.
How many famous people were born in Farnsfield?
2 people born in Farnsfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Farnsfield known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Farnsfield?
Augustus Charles Gregory, born in 1819. The youngest on the list was born in 1864.
Who counts as from Farnsfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Farnsfield’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 (5)
- Augustus Charles Gregory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Howitt: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Adlington: Rockybiggs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Whysall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Frances Barker: Storye book, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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