#1Famous people · Batheaston, Somerset
5 famous people call Batheaston their birthplace
The best known is the British Army general George Montague Harper, with articles in 9 languages. J.J. Goodwin is second and Bunty Longrigg third. In the Victorian era, 3 were born, the most of any period. From William Talbot Aveline to Bunty Longrigg, the births on the list run from 1822 to 1906.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
George Montague Harper
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1822
William Talbot Aveline
Youngest
1906
Bunty Longrigg
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Batheaston
George Montague Harper has articles in 9 languages, J.J. Goodwin in 5 and Bunty Longrigg in 3.
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Through the years
When Batheaston’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1860s, with 1 people born in that decade.
MilitaryWriting & ArtsSportsScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Batheaston is known for
Share of Batheaston’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Batheaston
2 more, from 1822 to 1858.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Bath has the most on record, with 343.
Questions about famous people from Batheaston
Who is the most famous person from Batheaston?
George Montague Harper (British Army general) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come J.J. Goodwin and Bunty Longrigg.
How many famous people were born in Batheaston?
5 people born in Batheaston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Batheaston known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 5. That is 20% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Batheaston?
William Talbot Aveline, born in 1822. The youngest on the list was born in 1906.
Who counts as from Batheaston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Batheaston’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)
- George Montague Harper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J.J. Goodwin: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyrone Mings: DavidPMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Shrapnel: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Aylmer: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack MacBryan: unknown employee of "Sports and General" photography agency, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Grocyn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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