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Photo: Graeme Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Walton, Somerset
A single famous person was born in Walton: Reginald Thynne
In 1834, the British Army general Reginald Thynne was born. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. Wells, 8 mi off, can claim 35 famous people, the best known Mary Rand.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Reginald Thynne
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1834
Reginald Thynne
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Walton
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Wells’, at 35 names.
Wells · 8 miMary Rand & 34 moreCKGlastonbury · 3 miCameron Kurle & 20 moreVSStreet · 1 miVictor Samuel Summerhayes & 6 more
Langport · 6 miWalter Bagehot & 6 moreRBIlchester · 9 miRoger Bacon & 3 moreMCSomerton · 5 miMarmaduke Cradock & 1 moreDBWedmore · 7 miDickie Burrough & 1 more
Woolavington · 8 miJohn JacobQuestions about famous people from Walton
Who is the most famous person from Walton?
Reginald Thynne (British Army general) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Walton?
1 people born in Walton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Walton known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Walton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Walton’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)
- 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
- John Jacob: Lobsterthermidor at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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