#1Film, TV & Stage
Jenny Agutter
born 1952British film and television actress (born 1952)
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Famous people · Taunton, Somerset
146 famous people come from Taunton, Jenny Agutter the best known
Jenny Agutter, the British film and television actress, is the most widely known, written about in 40 languages. The largest group, 61, was born since 1970. Among the 100 towns in Somerset with famous people on record, the town ranks 2nd. Over 413 years of births, the list goes from Richard Mico (1590) to George Thomas (2003).
Born here
146
notable people
Best known
Jenny Agutter
in 40 Wikipedia languages
First
1590
Richard Mico
Youngest
2003
George Thomas
Most common field
Sports
85 people
What stands out about Taunton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Taunton’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 23.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMilitaryNotableMusicFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Taunton
All three are performers.
#1
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Pattie Boyd
born 1944English model, photographer (born 1944)
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Known for
What Taunton is known for
85 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Taunton
Another 143, the earliest born in 1590.
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
1873–1956Royal Flying Corps commander and first Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff (1873-1956)
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Alexander William Kinglake
1809–1891English travel writer and historian (1809-1891)
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Sheila Kitzinger
1929–2015British midwife, anthropologist and activist (1929-2015)
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Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet
1807–1886Colonial administrator and historian (1807-1886)
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William Duppa Crotch
1832–1903British entomologist and zoologist, brother of George Robert Crotch
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Mark Godbeer
born 1983English bare-knuckle boxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
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David Webster
1931–2003(1931–2003), television producer and broadcasting executive
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Neil Swallow
1931–2010Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Wellington has the most on record, with 22.
Questions about famous people from Taunton
Who is the most famous person from Taunton?
Jenny Agutter (British film and television actress (born 1952)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 40 languages. Next come James Purefoy and Pattie Boyd.
How many famous people were born in Taunton?
146 people born in Taunton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 174 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Taunton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 85 of the 146. That is 58% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Taunton?
Richard Mico, born in 1590. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Taunton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Taunton’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 (55)
- Jenny Agutter: See Li from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Purefoy: gdcgraphics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdcgraphics/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pattie Boyd: Eddie Janssens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Copleston: Grentidez, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Martin: joshjdss, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jos Buttler: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Conway: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carole Cadwalladr: Molly MEP, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoffrey West: Augustas Didžgalvis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Wright: ©House of Commons / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander William Kinglake: Harriet Haviland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Lintern: CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ciara Michel: alainalele1, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruno Langley: Sarah Winterman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Phillips: Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danielle Waterman: Pyb, cropped by Blackcat, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Robert Crotch: no author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Leach: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Armstrong: Exxy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archie Collins: Lovecookie22, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Buncombe: United Autosports, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Downing: Jack86mkII, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Buncombe: Petr Gabriel Photo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Lloyd: https://www.flickr.com/photos/duvallrobbie2, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Waddy: Paradata UK, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirsty Williams: National Assembly for Wales from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Abell: Ytfc23, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wes Durston: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred B. Mullett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Deborah Meaden: ArtLover1953, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Woodcock: Marica Massaro, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Parsons: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luis Reece: Dave Morton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Newton: Charltonkyle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Duppa Crotch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerard Broadmead Roope: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Sansom: Houston Rogers (1902-1970) or John Blomfield (per-page credits), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Hawkins: Graham Wilson from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward William Cox: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jasmine Pradissitto: Primrosegardens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaretta Graddon: William Brrockedon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Travers: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Luff: Harrias, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Savage: Attributed to Thomas Smith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Swiel: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Webb: Charles Townley / After Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Porter Wensley: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Russell Walter: unknown (studio photographer?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lily Watson: Kate Mosse, photographing or scanning a family photo in her possession, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Woodhead: HiraV, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Chapman: A follower of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Singh: Richardc39, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Young: Henry Perronet Briggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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