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Famous people · Wincanton, Somerset
4 famous people call Wincanton their birthplace
Most widely known is Diana Hoddinott, the British actress, with articles in 5 languages. The next two names are Mosley Mayne and Tony Weare. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 5.9, close to the 4.9 of the typical Somerset town. Born in 1889, Mosley Mayne is the first name on record, and John Read, born in 1961, the most recent.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Diana Hoddinott
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Mosley Mayne
Youngest
1961
John Read
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Wincanton
Diana Hoddinott has articles in 5 languages, Mosley Mayne in 4 and Tony Weare in 4.
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Through the years
When Wincanton’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 1.
Film, TV & StageMilitaryWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wincanton is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wincanton
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Sherborne, with 26.
Sherborne · 9 miJames Bradley & 25 more
Castle Cary · 5 miJames Woodforde & 5 moreMBBruton · 4 miMichael Bennett & 4 more
Mere · 7 miIan Bone & 3 moreSFTemplecombe · 4 miSteve Forshaw & 1 more
Gillingham · 6 miThomas Willmore & 1 moreREMilborne Port · 6 miRobert Ensor & 1 more
Stalbridge · 7 miRachel Lloyd & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Wincanton
Who is the most famous person from Wincanton?
Diana Hoddinott (British actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Mosley Mayne and Tony Weare.
How many famous people were born in Wincanton?
4 people born in Wincanton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Wincanton known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wincanton?
Mosley Mayne, born in 1889. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.
Who counts as from Wincanton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wincanton’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 (6)
- Mosley Mayne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Thomas Willmore: Konrad Jacobs, Copyright is MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Lloyd: Brooklyn Museum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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