2 famous people come from Martock, Thomas Southwood Smith the best known

Thomas Southwood Smith (physician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Arthur Lakes.

2 people born in Martock have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.

Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.

Thomas Southwood Smith, born in 1788. The youngest on the list was born in 1844.

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Martock’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.

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.