#1Famous people · Odcombe, Somerset
Odcombe is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the British clarinetist Charles Draper the best known. The next two names are Hilda Mary Hooke and George Strong. Go 3 mi to Yeovil and the list grows to 68, with Sarah Parish at the top. George Strong (1833) and Hilda Mary Hooke (1898) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Charles Draper
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1833
George Strong
Youngest
1898
Hilda Mary Hooke
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Odcombe
Ranked by languages covered: Charles Draper with 4, then Hilda Mary Hooke with 3 and George Strong with 1.
#1#2Writing & Arts
Hilda Mary Hooke
1898–1978Canadian playwright and poet (1898-1978)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Military
George Strong
1833–1888British soldier (1833–1888); recipient of the Victoria Cross
1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Odcombe is known for
Musicians are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
Nearby, Yeovil has the most on record, with 68.
SPYeovil · 3 miSarah Parish & 67 more
Sherborne · 8 miJames Bradley & 25 more
Crewkerne · 5 miMark Pritchard & 5 moreJABeaminster · 9 miJonah Ayunga & 5 moreRBIlchester · 5 miRoger Bacon & 3 more
Martock · 4 miThomas Southwood Smith & 1 more
South Petherton · 5 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 more
Misterton · 5 miEllen Buckingham Mathews & 1 more
Sherborne · 8 miJames Bradley & 25 moreCrewkerne · 5 miMark Pritchard & 5 moreJABeaminster · 9 miJonah Ayunga & 5 moreRBIlchester · 5 miRoger Bacon & 3 moreMartock · 4 miThomas Southwood Smith & 1 moreSouth Petherton · 5 miJohn Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton & 1 moreMisterton · 5 miEllen Buckingham Mathews & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Odcombe
Who is the most famous person from Odcombe?
Charles Draper (British clarinetist (1869-1952)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Hilda Mary Hooke and George Strong.
How many famous people were born in Odcombe?
3 people born in Odcombe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Odcombe known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Odcombe?
George Strong, born in 1833. The youngest on the list was born in 1898.
Who counts as from Odcombe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Odcombe’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 (8)
- Charles Draper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilda Mary Hooke: Photographer unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Strong: Clarke, Tetbury (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Bradley: After Thomas Hudson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Pritchard: Claire Rowland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Southwood Smith: James Charles Armytage / After Margaret Gillies, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton: . The original uploader was RossLoudon at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Buckingham Mathews: Stanislaw Walery (1863 - 1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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