#1Writing & Arts
Jan Morris
1926–2020Welsh historian, author and travel writer (1926–2020)
24 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Clevedon, Somerset
16 famous people were born in Clevedon, most of them in the 20th century
Jan Morris leads the list, covered in 24 languages. Behind the leader come Edward Raymond Turner and George Paul Shelley. For every 10,000 residents there are 7.6 on the list, well above the typical Somerset town’s 4.9. Only 8 of the 100 towns in Somerset with anyone on record list more.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Jan Morris
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Edward Raymond Turner
Youngest
1993
George Paul Shelley
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Clevedon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Clevedon’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Clevedon
Three names lead: Jan Morris (24 languages), Edward Raymond Turner (14) and George Paul Shelley (9).
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Edward Raymond Turner
1873–1903British inventor and cinematographer (1873–1903)
14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Known for
What Clevedon is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is musicians, at 3.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Clevedon
A further 13 follow, born between 1886 and 1973.
Evelyn Gardiner
1913–1992Gardiner, Evelyn Grace Rochfort [Eve] (1913–1992), beautician
NotableWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Weston-super-Mare, at 65.
Questions about famous people from Clevedon
Who is the most famous person from Clevedon?
Jan Morris (Welsh historian, author and travel writer (1926–2020)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come Edward Raymond Turner and George Paul Shelley.
How many famous people were born in Clevedon?
16 people born in Clevedon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 20 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Clevedon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 16. That is 31% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Clevedon?
Edward Raymond Turner, born in 1873. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Clevedon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Clevedon’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 (10)
- Jan Morris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Raymond Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Paul Shelley: InfoGibraltar, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Buckingham: Qwertzu111111, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Gill: Struway, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Tambling: Adippold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Weatherley: Richardsim7, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cleese: Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Locke: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Heappey: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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