#1Famous people · Mark, Somerset
Reginald Urch is the only name on the Mark list
Reginald Urch, the British writer, was born in 1884. That places their birth in the Victorian era. 3 languages have an article about them. The neighbour with the longest list is Axbridge, 5 mi away: 8, led by Mark Pizey.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Reginald Urch
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Reginald Urch
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Mark
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Axbridge’s, at 8 names.
Axbridge · 5 miMark Pizey & 7 moreJPBurnham-on-Sea · 5 miJohn Pople & 6 more
Berrow and Brean · 6 miElizabeth Hartley & 4 moreMABanwell · 7 miMike Adams & 3 moreDBWedmore · 3 miDickie Burrough & 1 more
Highbridge · 4 miFrank Foley & 1 moreHGWinscombe and Sandford · 7 miHelen Greaves & 1 more
Woolavington · 5 miJohn JacobQuestions about famous people from Mark
Who is the most famous person from Mark?
Reginald Urch (British writer (1884-1945)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Mark?
1 people born in Mark have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mark known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Mark?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mark’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 (5)
- Reginald Urch: 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
- Frank Foley: UK government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Jacob: Lobsterthermidor at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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