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Photo: Bill Stilling · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · High Ham, Somerset
High Ham, birthplace of the English musician and comedian Simon Brint
The English musician and comedian Simon Brint was born in 1950. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. Glastonbury, 7 mi off, can claim 21 famous people, the best known Cameron Kurle.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Simon Brint
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
Simon Brint
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in High Ham
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Glastonbury’s, at 21 names.
CKGlastonbury · 7 miCameron Kurle & 20 more
Langport · 3 miWalter Bagehot & 6 moreVSStreet · 5 miVictor Samuel Summerhayes & 6 moreRBIlchester · 8 miRoger Bacon & 3 moreMCSomerton · 4 miMarmaduke Cradock & 1 more
Martock · 8 miThomas Southwood Smith & 1 moreCDNorth Curry · 8 miCharles Holcombe Dare & 1 moreRTWalton · 4 miReginald Thynne
Langport · 3 miWalter Bagehot & 6 moreVSStreet · 5 miVictor Samuel Summerhayes & 6 moreRBIlchester · 8 miRoger Bacon & 3 moreMCSomerton · 4 miMarmaduke Cradock & 1 moreMartock · 8 miThomas Southwood Smith & 1 moreCDNorth Curry · 8 miCharles Holcombe Dare & 1 moreRTWalton · 4 miReginald ThynneQuestions about famous people from High Ham
Who is the most famous person from High Ham?
Simon Brint (English musician and comedian) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in High Ham?
1 people born in High Ham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is High Ham known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who counts as from High Ham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside High Ham’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)
- 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
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