#1Famous people · Keynsham, Somerset
13 famous people were born in Keynsham from 1605 to 1976
The best known is the English cricketer Marcus Trescothick, with articles in 16 languages. The largest group, 6, was born in the 20th century. Marcus Trescothick, the best known, was born in 1975. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 6.8, close to the 4.9 of the typical Somerset town.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Marcus Trescothick
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1605
William Gorges
Youngest
1976
Luke Sutton
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Keynsham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Keynsham’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsMilitaryWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Keynsham
Marcus Trescothick, Alf Dark and Darren Tilley are written about in 16, 4 and 4 languages.
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What Keynsham is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 8 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Keynsham
10 more names, born between 1605 and 1976.
James Gray
1875–1937English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa (1875-1937)
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Bristol: 1,371.
Questions about famous people from Keynsham
Who is the most famous person from Keynsham?
Marcus Trescothick (English cricketer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come Alf Dark and Darren Tilley.
How many famous people were born in Keynsham?
13 people born in Keynsham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 17 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Keynsham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 13. That is 62% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Keynsham?
William Gorges, born in 1605. The youngest on the list was born in 1976.
Who counts as from Keynsham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Keynsham’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 (9)
- Marcus Trescothick: Ngb at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Alf Dark: Port Vale F.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Tilley: Longbomb, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Berkeley: Martha Berkeley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Forrester: Sheriff Of Nothing, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Dirac: Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. G. Grace: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Judd Trump: Martin Rulsch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Wajtknecht: Lawson Speedway, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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