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Famous people · North Curry, Somerset
2 famous people call North Curry their birthplace
At the top of the list is the British navy officer Charles Holcombe Dare, covered in one language. The other is Job Vile, the New Zealand politician. Go 6 mi to Taunton and the list grows to 146, with Jenny Agutter at the top. The list runs from Job Vile, born in 1845, to Charles Holcombe Dare, born in 1854.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Charles Holcombe Dare
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Job Vile
Youngest
1854
Charles Holcombe Dare
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in North Curry
#2Known for
What North Curry is known for
The largest field is Military, 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
The neighbour with the most names is Taunton, at 146.
Taunton · 6 miJenny Agutter & 145 more
Bridgwater · 7 miRobert Blake & 37 more
Langport · 7 miWalter Bagehot & 6 morePAIlminster · 7 miPaul Adcock & 6 moreCBNorth Petherton · 5 miCecil Banes-Walker & 1 morePWCreech St Michael · 3 miPercival WhittonDFCurry Rivel · 4 miDavid Howard Maude-Roxby-Montalto di FragnitoCBTrull · 7 miConstantine Walter BensonQuestions about famous people from North Curry
Who is the most famous person from North Curry?
Charles Holcombe Dare (British navy officer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come Job Vile.
How many famous people were born in North Curry?
2 people born in North Curry have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is North Curry known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from North Curry?
Job Vile, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1854.
Who counts as from North Curry?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside North Curry’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 (4)
- Job Vile: Publisher - Cyclopedia Company Limited; photographer - unidentified, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenny Agutter: See Li from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Blake: Henry Perronet Briggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Bagehot: Norman Hirst (1862–1956), after Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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