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Church of St Michael · Photo: Rodw · CC0Famous people · Creech St Michael, Somerset
Percival Whitton is the only name on the Creech St Michael list
In 1892, the footballer Percival Whitton was born. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Go 3 mi to Taunton and the list grows to 146, with Jenny Agutter at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Percival Whitton
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Percival Whitton
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Creech St Michael
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Creech St Michael, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Creech St Michael
Who is the most famous person from Creech St Michael?
Percival Whitton (footballer (1892-1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Creech St Michael?
1 people born in Creech St Michael have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Creech St Michael 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 Creech St Michael?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Creech St Michael’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 (2)
- Jenny Agutter: See Li from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Blake: Henry Perronet Briggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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