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Photo: The original uploader was Nabokov at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Mells, Somerset
The British barrister John Horner is the one famous person from Mells
The British barrister John Horner was born in 1842. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Frome, 3 mi off, can claim 16 famous people, the best known Jenson Button.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
John Horner
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
John Horner
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Mells
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Frome: 16.
Frome · 3 miJenson Button & 15 moreEAShepton Mallet · 7 miEdmund Adams & 10 more
Midsomer Norton · 5 miAnita Harris & 9 more
Paulton · 7 miRodney Matthews & 7 moreAGRadstock · 4 miAlick Grant & 2 moreJWColeford · 2 miJonah Wilcox & 1 more
Beckington · 5 miAlfred Parsons & 1 moreJBTimsbury · 7 miJimmy BridgesQuestions about famous people from Mells
Who is the most famous person from Mells?
John Horner (British barrister) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Mells?
1 people born in Mells have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mells known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Mells?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mells’ 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 (4)
- Jenson Button: Engyles, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Harris: SteVader, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Matthews: Rmssmr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Parsons: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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