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Famous people · Baltonsborough, Somerset

2 famous people call Baltonsborough their birthplace

An article in one language makes the Australian politician Alfred Shrapnell Bailes the best known so far. The other is Sidney Austin, the Australian pastoralist and politician. The first birth on record is Sidney Austin’s, in 1846, and the last Alfred Shrapnell Bailes’, in 1849. Nearby, Wells, 7 mi away, lists 35, led by Mary Rand.

#2 best knownSidney AustinPolitics & Law · 1846–1906
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Alfred Shrapnell Bailes
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1846
Sidney Austin
Youngest
1849
Alfred Shrapnell Bailes
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Baltonsborough

AB#1
Politics & Law

Alfred Shrapnell Bailes

1849–1928

Australian politician (1849–1928)

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Sidney Austin#2
Politics & Law

Sidney Austin

1846–1906

Australian pastoralist and politician (1846-1906)

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Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Wells, with 35.

Mary RandWells · 7 miMary Rand & 34 moreCKGlastonbury · 4 miCameron Kurle & 20 moreEAShepton Mallet · 7 miEdmund Adams & 10 moreVSStreet · 4 miVictor Samuel Summerhayes & 6 moreWalter BagehotLangport · 9 miWalter Bagehot & 6 moreJames WoodfordeCastle Cary · 6 miJames Woodforde & 5 moreRBIlchester · 7 miRoger Bacon & 3 moreMCSomerton · 5 miMarmaduke Cradock & 1 more

Questions about famous people from Baltonsborough

Who is the most famous person from Baltonsborough?

Alfred Shrapnell Bailes (Australian politician (1849–1928)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come Sidney Austin.

How many famous people were born in Baltonsborough?

2 people born in Baltonsborough have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.

What is Baltonsborough known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Baltonsborough?

Sidney Austin, born in 1846. The youngest on the list was born in 1849.

Who counts as from Baltonsborough?

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Baltonsborough’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).

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