#1Politics & Law
Margaret Bondfield
1873–1953British feminist and trade unionist (1873–1953)
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Famous people · Chard, Somerset
Chard counts 7 famous people, first among them Margaret Bondfield
The best known is the British feminist and trade unionist Margaret Bondfield, with articles in 30 languages. The next two names are Ben Hamer and Greg Draper. In the Victorian era, 3 were born, the most of any period. Births span 1873 to 1989, from Margaret Bondfield to Greg Draper.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Margaret Bondfield
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Margaret Bondfield
Youngest
1989
Greg Draper
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Chard
Margaret Bondfield leads with articles in 30 languages, ahead of Ben Hamer (22) and Greg Draper (14).
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Through the years
When Chard’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chard is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 3 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Chard
4 more names, born between 1881 and 1936.
John Hunwick
1936–2015Professor, Arabist and Africanist with a focus on Islam in Africa and African Arabic manuscripts
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Lyme Regis counts 9 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Lyme Regis · 10 miMary Anning & 8 morePAIlminster · 4 miPaul Adcock & 6 more
Crewkerne · 7 miMark Pritchard & 5 more
Axminster · 6 miWilliam Buckland & 1 more
Misterton · 8 miEllen Buckingham Mathews & 1 more
South Petherton · 8 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 moreCDNorth Curry · 10 miCharles Holcombe Dare & 1 more
Merriott · 8 miFrancis TraskQuestions about famous people from Chard
Who is the most famous person from Chard?
Margaret Bondfield (British feminist and trade unionist (1873–1953)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 30 languages. Next come Ben Hamer and Greg Draper.
How many famous people were born in Chard?
7 people born in Chard have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Chard known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chard?
Margaret Bondfield, born in 1873. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Chard?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chard’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 (9)
- Margaret Bondfield: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Hamer: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rorals/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheila Allen: PBS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Anning: Credited to 'Mr. Grey' in Crispin Tickell's book 'Mary Anning of Lyme Regis' (1996), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Pritchard: Claire Rowland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Buckland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Buckingham Mathews: Stanislaw Walery (1863 - 1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton: . The original uploader was RossLoudon at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Trask: Tyree Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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