Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Drayton
No famous person on record lists Drayton as their birthplace yet. Walter Bagehot tops the 7 names on record in Langport, 2 mi away. The longest list of any town in Somerset belongs to Bath, with 343. After Bath, the next longest list in Somerset is Taunton’s, with 146.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Drayton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Drayton yet.
Famous people born near Drayton
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Drayton, with how many people each has.
Langport · 2 miWalter Bagehot & 6 morePAIlminster · 7 miPaul Adcock & 6 moreRBIlchester · 7 miRoger Bacon & 3 more
Martock · 5 miThomas Southwood Smith & 1 more
South Petherton · 5 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 moreMCSomerton · 5 miMarmaduke Cradock & 1 moreCDNorth Curry · 5 miCharles Holcombe Dare & 1 moreDFCurry Rivel · 1 miDavid Howard Maude-Roxby-Montalto di FragnitoQuestions about famous people from Drayton
Who counts as from Drayton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Drayton’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 (3)
- Walter Bagehot: Norman Hirst (1862–1956), after Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Southwood Smith: James Charles Armytage / After Margaret Gillies, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton: . The original uploader was RossLoudon at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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