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Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Timsbury, Somerset
The cricketer Jimmy Bridges is the one famous person from Timsbury
The cricketer Jimmy Bridges was born in 1887. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. 4 languages have an article about them. Within 3 mi, Midsomer Norton lists the most: 10, with Anita Harris first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Jimmy Bridges
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Jimmy Bridges
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Timsbury
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Midsomer Norton: 10.
Questions about famous people from Timsbury
Who is the most famous person from Timsbury?
Jimmy Bridges (cricketer (1887-1966)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Timsbury?
1 people born in Timsbury have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Timsbury 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 Timsbury?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Timsbury’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 (3)
- Anita Harris: SteVader, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Matthews: Rmssmr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Wajtknecht: Lawson Speedway, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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