#1Famous people · Bleadon, Somerset
Frank Lawry is the only name on the Bleadon list
Frank Lawry, the New Zealand politician, was born in 1844. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. One language has an article about them so far. The nearest list is in Weston-super-Mare, 3 mi away: 65 names, starting with John Cleese.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Frank Lawry
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Frank Lawry
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Bleadon
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Weston-super-Mare’s, at 65 names.
Questions about famous people from Bleadon
Who is the most famous person from Bleadon?
Frank Lawry (New Zealand politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bleadon?
1 people born in Bleadon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bleadon known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Bleadon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bleadon’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)
- Frank Lawry: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cleese: Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Pizey: John Alfred Hampton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Hartley: Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835) after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Foley: UK government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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