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Famous people · Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Shepton Mallet’s famous people span 317 years: 11 births from 1680 to 1997
Most widely known is Edmund Adams, the cricketer, with articles in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Frederick Clarke Withers and Simon Browne. The largest group, 4, was born in the Georgian era. Only 11 of the 100 towns in Somerset with anyone on record list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Edmund Adams
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1680
Simon Browne
Youngest
1997
Ellen Barber
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Shepton Mallet’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Shepton Mallet’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1820s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsBusinessFaithFilm, TV & StageNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Shepton Mallet
Ranked by languages covered: Edmund Adams with 3, then Frederick Clarke Withers with 3 and Simon Browne with 3.
#2Writing & Arts
Frederick Clarke Withers
1828–1901English architect (1828–1901)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What Shepton Mallet is known for
Share of Shepton Mallet’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Shepton Mallet
The rest number 8, with 2 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Wells: 35.
Wells · 5 miMary Rand & 34 moreCKGlastonbury · 8 miCameron Kurle & 20 more
Midsomer Norton · 7 miAnita Harris & 9 more
Paulton · 8 miRodney Matthews & 7 more
Castle Cary · 7 miJames Woodforde & 5 moreMBBruton · 7 miMichael Bennett & 4 moreAGRadstock · 8 miAlick Grant & 2 moreJWColeford · 6 miJonah Wilcox & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Shepton Mallet
Who is the most famous person from Shepton Mallet?
Edmund Adams (cricketer (1915-2005)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Frederick Clarke Withers and Simon Browne.
How many famous people were born in Shepton Mallet?
11 people born in Shepton Mallet have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Shepton Mallet known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 11. That is 27% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shepton Mallet?
Simon Browne, born in 1680. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Shepton Mallet?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shepton Mallet’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 (7)
- Frederick Clarke Withers: upload by Gloucester1692, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lewis: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Pyke: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, 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
- Rodney Matthews: Rmssmr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Woodforde: Samuel Woodforde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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