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Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Watchet, Somerset
Watchet is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Simon Lyons, the footballer, with articles in 3 languages. The other is Allan Pearse, the English cricketer. The neighbour with the longest list is Minehead, 7 mi away: 10, led by Arthur C. Clarke. Allan Pearse, born in 1915, is the earliest name and Simon Lyons, born in 1982, the latest.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Simon Lyons
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Allan Pearse
Youngest
1982
Simon Lyons
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Watchet
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Minehead lists the most people: 10.
Questions about famous people from Watchet
Who is the most famous person from Watchet?
Simon Lyons (footballer (born 1982)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Allan Pearse.
How many famous people were born in Watchet?
2 people born in Watchet have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Watchet known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Watchet?
Allan Pearse, born in 1915. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Watchet?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Watchet’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)
- Arthur C. Clarke: ITU Pictures, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Hancock: File:Frank Hancock (Rygbi).jpg: Walter Alfred Pearce derivative work: Pbrks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Young: Henry Perronet Briggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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