#1Famous people · Whitchurch, Somerset
Judd Trump tops a list of 2 famous people born in Whitchurch
Most widely known is Judd Trump, the English snooker player, with articles in 42 languages. The only other name is the English historian Rachel Waterhouse. Go 4 mi to Bristol and the list grows to 1,371, with Paul Dirac at the top. The oldest name on the list belongs to Rachel Waterhouse, born in 1923, the newest to Judd Trump, born in 1989.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Judd Trump
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Rachel Waterhouse
Youngest
1989
Judd Trump
Most common field
Sports
1 people
What stands out about Whitchurch’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Whitchurch
#1RW#2
Writing & Arts
Rachel Waterhouse
1923–2020English historian (1923–2020)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Whitchurch is known for
The largest field is Sports, 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
Of the towns around it, Bristol has the most on record: 1,371.
Questions about famous people from Whitchurch
Who is the most famous person from Whitchurch?
Judd Trump (English snooker player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 42 languages. Next come Rachel Waterhouse.
How many famous people were born in Whitchurch?
2 people born in Whitchurch have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Whitchurch 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 Whitchurch?
Rachel Waterhouse, born in 1923. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Whitchurch?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whitchurch’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 (5)
- Judd Trump: Martin Rulsch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Dirac: Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. G. Grace: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Trescothick: Ngb at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Wajtknecht: Lawson Speedway, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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