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Harold Gimblett
1914–1978Cricket player of England. (1914-1978)
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Famous people · Bicknoller, Somerset
Harold Gimblett, born in 1914, is Bicknoller’s famous person on record
Harold Gimblett, the cricket player of England, was born in 1914. Their birth falls in the 20th century. 7 languages have an article about them. Go 12 mi to Taunton and the list grows to 146, with Jenny Agutter at the top.
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Harold Gimblett
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1914
Harold Gimblett
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Born in Bicknoller
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Taunton has the most people on record, 146 of them.
Questions about famous people from Bicknoller
Who is the most famous person from Bicknoller?
Harold Gimblett (cricket player of England. (1914-1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bicknoller?
1 people born in Bicknoller have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bicknoller 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 Bicknoller?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bicknoller’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)
- Harold Gimblett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenny Agutter: See Li from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur C. Clarke: ITU Pictures, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Hancock: File:Frank Hancock (Rygbi).jpg: Walter Alfred Pearce derivative work: Pbrks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Young: Henry Perronet Briggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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