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Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Templecombe, Somerset
2 famous people were born in Templecombe from 1874 to 1974
The best known is the English cricketer Steve Forshaw, with articles in 3 languages. The list has one more: the British Army officer Henry Peck. Steve Forshaw was born in 1974. The neighbour with the longest list is Sherborne, 6 mi away: 26, led by James Bradley.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Steve Forshaw
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Henry Peck
Youngest
1974
Steve Forshaw
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Templecombe
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Known for
What Templecombe is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Sherborne has the most on record, with 26.
Sherborne · 6 miJames Bradley & 25 more
Castle Cary · 8 miJames Woodforde & 5 moreMBBruton · 8 miMichael Bennett & 4 moreDHWincanton · 4 miDiana Hoddinott & 3 more
Mere · 9 miIan Bone & 3 moreREMilborne Port · 3 miRobert Ensor & 1 more
Stalbridge · 3 miRachel Lloyd & 1 moreAAMarnhull · 5 miAdam Ayles & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Templecombe
Who is the most famous person from Templecombe?
Steve Forshaw (English cricketer (born 1974)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Henry Peck.
How many famous people were born in Templecombe?
2 people born in Templecombe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Templecombe known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Templecombe?
Henry Peck, born in 1874. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Templecombe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Templecombe’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)
- James Bradley: After Thomas Hudson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Woodforde: Samuel Woodforde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Bone: Leutha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Lloyd: Brooklyn Museum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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