Len Bond, born in 1954, is Barrington’s famous person on record

In 1954, the English footballer Len Bond was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 5 languages. Paul Adcock tops the 7 names on record in Ilminster, 3 mi away.

Born here

notable people

Best known

Len Bond

in 5 Wikipedia languages

First

1954

Len Bond

Most common field

Sports

1 people

The best known

Born in Barrington

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Sports

Len Bond

born 1954

English footballer (born 1954)

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Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Ilminster leads the towns around it, with 7 names.

PAIlminster · 3 miPaul Adcock & 6 more

Langport · 6 miWalter Bagehot & 6 more

Chard · 7 miMargaret Bondfield & 6 more

Crewkerne · 6 miMark Pritchard & 5 more

South Petherton · 3 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 more

Martock · 5 miThomas Southwood Smith & 1 more CDNorth Curry · 6 miCharles Holcombe Dare & 1 more

Misterton · 8 miEllen Buckingham Mathews & 1 more

Questions about famous people from Barrington

Who is the most famous person from Barrington?

Len Bond (English footballer (born 1954)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.

How many famous people were born in Barrington?

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

What is Barrington 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 Barrington?

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barrington’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 (6)

Walter Bagehot: Norman Hirst (1862–1956), after Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Margaret Bondfield: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Mark Pritchard: Claire Rowland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton: . The original uploader was RossLoudon at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Thomas Southwood Smith: James Charles Armytage / After Margaret Gillies, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ellen Buckingham Mathews: Stanislaw Walery (1863 - 1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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