VS#1
Science & Medicine
Victor Samuel Summerhayes
1897–1974English botanist (1897-1974)
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Street, Somerset
From 1841 to 1967, Street was the birthplace of 7 famous people
At the top of the list is the English botanist Victor Samuel Summerhayes, covered in 8 languages. Behind the leader come John X. Merriman and Catherine Impey. In the Victorian era, 5 were born, the most of any period. Fewer than a quarter of the 100 towns in Somerset with famous people list more.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Victor Samuel Summerhayes
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
John X. Merriman
Youngest
1967
Helen Chamberlain
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Street
Languages with an article: 8 for Victor Samuel Summerhayes, 7 for John X. Merriman, 5 for Catherine Impey.
#2Politics & Law
John X. Merriman
1841–1926South African politician (1841-1926)
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Politics & Law
Catherine Impey
1847–1923English Quaker activist (1847–1923)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Street’s famous people were born
The 1840s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Street is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Street
Here are 4 more, born from 1873 to 1967.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Wells has the most people on record, 35 of them.
Questions about famous people from Street
Who is the most famous person from Street?
Victor Samuel Summerhayes (English botanist (1897-1974)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come John X. Merriman and Catherine Impey.
How many famous people were born in Street?
7 people born in Street have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Street known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Street?
John X. Merriman, born in 1841. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Street?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Street’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)
- John X. Merriman: Phyllis Lewsen (ed), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Impey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Chamberlain: Kroome111, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tosher Underwood: Thebees1889, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Rand: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Bagehot: Norman Hirst (1862–1956), after Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Eavis: User:Justinc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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