#1Famous people · Saltford, Somerset
Saltford has just one famous person to its name: Zach Wajtknecht
The British speedway rider Zach Wajtknecht was born in 1998. Their name appears in articles in 2 languages. Bath, 4 mi off, can claim 343 famous people, the best known Tyrone Mings. Across Somerset, 100 towns list someone born there.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Zach Wajtknecht
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1998
Zach Wajtknecht
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Saltford
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Bath has the most people on record, 343 of them.
Questions about famous people from Saltford
Who is the most famous person from Saltford?
Zach Wajtknecht (British speedway rider) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Saltford?
1 people born in Saltford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Saltford known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Saltford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Saltford’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 (5)
- Zach Wajtknecht: Lawson Speedway, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyrone Mings: DavidPMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. G. Grace: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Trescothick: Ngb at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Judd Trump: Martin Rulsch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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