#1Writing & Arts
Arthur C. Clarke
1917–2008British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
128 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Minehead, Somerset
Of the 10 famous people born in Minehead, none is better known than Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke has articles in 128 languages. Second and third on the list are Peter Hurford and Richard Chorley. Most were born in the 20th century: 7 of them. Per head, the list is long: 8.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Somerset has 4.9.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Arthur C. Clarke
in 128 Wikipedia languages
First
1685
Isaac Hobhouse
Youngest
1954
Andy Ford
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Minehead’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Minehead
Counted by languages, Arthur C. Clarke is ahead of Peter Hurford and Richard Chorley: 128, 11 and 11.
#1PH#2
Music
Peter Hurford
1930–2019British organist and composer (1930–2019)
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Science & Medicine
Richard Chorley
1927–2002English geographer (1927-2002)
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Minehead’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineSportsWriting & ArtsMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Minehead is known for
Minehead has 3.4× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Minehead
7 more, from 1685 to 1954.
John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth
1919–2008Life peer and member of the House of Lords (1919-2008)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Watchet has the most on record: 2.
Questions about famous people from Minehead
Who is the most famous person from Minehead?
Arthur C. Clarke (British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 128 languages. Next come Peter Hurford and Richard Chorley.
How many famous people were born in Minehead?
10 people born in Minehead have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Minehead known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Minehead?
Isaac Hobhouse, born in 1685. The youngest on the list was born in 1954.
Who counts as from Minehead?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Minehead’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 (3)
- Arthur C. Clarke: ITU Pictures, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Chorley: Rwc1966 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Lawson: Matt2341, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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