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Photo: Nabokov Required attribution is: Photo by Tom Oates. · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Nunney, Somerset
Maria Mary Fussell is the only name on the Nunney list
The British benefactor Maria Mary Fussell was born in 1834. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. One language has an article about them so far. Frome, 3 mi off, can claim 16 famous people, the best known Jenson Button.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Maria Mary Fussell
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1834
Maria Mary Fussell
The best known
Born in Nunney
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Frome leads the towns around it, with 16 names.
Frome · 3 miJenson Button & 15 moreEAShepton Mallet · 7 miEdmund Adams & 10 more
Midsomer Norton · 7 miAnita Harris & 9 moreMBBruton · 7 miMichael Bennett & 4 moreAGRadstock · 7 miAlick Grant & 2 moreJWColeford · 4 miJonah Wilcox & 1 more
Beckington · 6 miAlfred Parsons & 1 moreMSEvercreech · 7 miMonica SinclairQuestions about famous people from Nunney
Who is the most famous person from Nunney?
Maria Mary Fussell (British benefactor (1834–1881)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Nunney?
1 people born in Nunney have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who counts as from Nunney?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Nunney’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)
- Jenson Button: Engyles, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Harris: SteVader, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Parsons: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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