#1Business
Michael Eavis
born 1935English dairy farmer and the founder of the Glastonbury Festival
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Famous people · Pilton, Somerset
A single famous person was born in Pilton: Michael Eavis
Michael Eavis was born in 1935. That places their birth in the 20th century. 9 languages have an article about them. Go 4 mi to Wells and the list grows to 35, with Mary Rand at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Michael Eavis
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Michael Eavis
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Pilton
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Wells’, at 35 names.
Wells · 4 miMary Rand & 34 moreCKGlastonbury · 6 miCameron Kurle & 20 moreEAShepton Mallet · 2 miEdmund Adams & 10 more
Midsomer Norton · 9 miAnita Harris & 9 moreVSStreet · 7 miVictor Samuel Summerhayes & 6 more
Castle Cary · 6 miJames Woodforde & 5 moreMBBruton · 7 miMichael Bennett & 4 moreJWColeford · 8 miJonah Wilcox & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Pilton
Who is the most famous person from Pilton?
Michael Eavis (English dairy farmer and the founder of the Glastonbury Festival) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages.
How many famous people were born in Pilton?
1 people born in Pilton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Pilton known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Pilton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pilton’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)
- Michael Eavis: User:Justinc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Rand: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Harris: SteVader, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Woodforde: Samuel Woodforde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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