#1Writing & Arts
Walter Bagehot
1826–1877British journalist, businessman, and essayist (1826-1877)
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Famous people · Langport, Somerset
The 7 famous people born in Langport, led by Walter Bagehot
Best known of all is Walter Bagehot, written about in 47 languages. George Major, the cricketer, comes second, with Henry Sawtell third. More than half were born in the Victorian era, 4 in all. From Walter Bagehot to Jamil Roberts, the births on the list run from 1826 to 1998.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Walter Bagehot
in 47 Wikipedia languages
First
1826
Walter Bagehot
Youngest
1998
Jamil Roberts
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Langport’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Langport
Walter Bagehot leads with articles in 47 languages, ahead of George Major (4) and Henry Sawtell (3).
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#3Politics & Law
Henry Sawtell
1832–1913Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
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Through the years
When Langport’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1850s, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Langport is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Langport
4 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Glastonbury leads the towns around it, with 21 names.
CKGlastonbury · 9 miCameron Kurle & 20 moreVSStreet · 7 miVictor Samuel Summerhayes & 6 moreRBIlchester · 7 miRoger Bacon & 3 moreMCSomerton · 4 miMarmaduke Cradock & 1 more
Martock · 5 miThomas Southwood Smith & 1 more
South Petherton · 6 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 moreCDNorth Curry · 7 miCharles Holcombe Dare & 1 moreDFCurry Rivel · 2 miDavid Howard Maude-Roxby-Montalto di Fragnito
Martock · 5 miThomas Southwood Smith & 1 moreSouth Petherton · 6 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 moreCDNorth Curry · 7 miCharles Holcombe Dare & 1 moreDFCurry Rivel · 2 miDavid Howard Maude-Roxby-Montalto di FragnitoQuestions about famous people from Langport
Who is the most famous person from Langport?
Walter Bagehot (British journalist, businessman, and essayist (1826-1877)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 47 languages. Next come George Major and Henry Sawtell.
How many famous people were born in Langport?
7 people born in Langport have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Langport known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Langport?
Walter Bagehot, born in 1826. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Langport?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Langport’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)
- Walter Bagehot: Norman Hirst (1862–1956), after Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Sawtell: Photographers unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Digby Denham: File:Digby Denham.jpg: Unknown authorUnknown author derivative work: Pbrks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Overd: Cecil Sharp died 1924, 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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