#1Famous people · Highbridge, Somerset
Highbridge counts 2 famous people, first among them Frank Foley
Most widely known is Frank Foley, the secret Service agent, with articles in 18 languages. The list has one more: the general of The Salvation army Edward Higgins. Births span 1864 to 1884, from Edward Higgins to Frank Foley. Robert Blake heads the list in Bridgwater, 7 mi away, which has 38 names.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Frank Foley
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1864
Edward Higgins
Youngest
1884
Frank Foley
Most common field
Military
2 people
The best known
Born in Highbridge
#1#2Military
Edward Higgins
1864–1947General of The Salvation Army (1864–1947)
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Questions about famous people from Highbridge
Who is the most famous person from Highbridge?
Frank Foley (secret Service Agent (1884–1958)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Edward Higgins.
How many famous people were born in Highbridge?
2 people born in Highbridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Highbridge known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Highbridge?
Edward Higgins, born in 1864. The youngest on the list was born in 1884.
Who counts as from Highbridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Highbridge’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 (6)
- Frank Foley: UK government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Higgins: The Salvation Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Blake: Henry Perronet Briggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Pizey: John Alfred Hampton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Hartley: Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835) after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Jacob: Lobsterthermidor at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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