#1Science & Medicine
Charles Lapworth
1842–1920English geologist (1842-1920)
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Famous people · Faringdon, Oxfordshire
8 famous people were born in Faringdon, most of them in the Victorian era
At the top of the list is the English geologist Charles Lapworth, covered in 19 languages. Close behind are Mark Haskins and Cicely Hey. Mark Haskins, born in 1988, is the youngest, and John Bunce, born in 1828, the first on record. Only 10 of the 68 towns in Oxfordshire with anyone on record list more.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Charles Lapworth
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
John Bunce
Youngest
1988
Mark Haskins
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
What stands out about Faringdon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Faringdon’s famous people were born
The 1840s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Writing & ArtsSportsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Faringdon
Languages with an article: 19 for Charles Lapworth, 8 for Mark Haskins, 5 for Cicely Hey.
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What Faringdon is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 3.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Faringdon
5 more, from 1828 to 1878.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
6 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Faringdon
Who is the most famous person from Faringdon?
Charles Lapworth (English geologist (1842-1920)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 19 languages. Next come Mark Haskins and Cicely Hey.
How many famous people were born in Faringdon?
8 people born in Faringdon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Faringdon known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 8. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Faringdon?
John Bunce, born in 1828. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Faringdon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Faringdon’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 (10)
- Charles Lapworth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Haskins: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cicely Hey: Walter Sickert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Burrell: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Brooks: William Orpen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald Goodlake: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bunce: Sketch Newspaper (1894), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred the Great: CNG - Classical Numismatic Group, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Whitaker: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shute Barrington: Contemporary portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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