#1Science & Medicine
Thomas Young
1773–1829English polymath (1773-1829)
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Famous people · Milverton, Somerset
Thomas Young tops a list of 2 famous people born in Milverton
The best known is the English polymath Thomas Young, with articles in 91 languages. The other is Percy Ebdon, the English cricketer. A short trip away, Taunton (7 mi) counts 146 famous people, Jenny Agutter among them. Percy Ebdon, born in 1874, is the youngest, and Thomas Young, born in 1773, the first on record.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Thomas Young
in 91 Wikipedia languages
First
1773
Thomas Young
Youngest
1874
Percy Ebdon
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
What stands out about Milverton’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Milverton
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Known for
What Milverton is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Taunton has the longest list next door: 146.
Questions about famous people from Milverton
Who is the most famous person from Milverton?
Thomas Young (English polymath (1773-1829)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 91 languages. Next come Percy Ebdon.
How many famous people were born in Milverton?
2 people born in Milverton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Milverton known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Milverton?
Thomas Young, born in 1773. The youngest on the list was born in 1874.
Who counts as from Milverton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Milverton’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)
- Thomas Young: Henry Perronet Briggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenny Agutter: See Li from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Singh: Richardc39, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Hancock: File:Frank Hancock (Rygbi).jpg: Walter Alfred Pearce derivative work: Pbrks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Baird: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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