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Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bagshot, Surrey
Bagshot has just one famous person to its name: Lynn Barber
Lynn Barber, the British journalist and author, was born in 1944. That places their birth in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 6 languages. Go 4 mi to Frimley and the list grows to 62, with James, Earl of Wessex at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Lynn Barber
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1944
Lynn Barber
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Bagshot
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Frimley has the most on record, with 62.
Questions about famous people from Bagshot
Who is the most famous person from Bagshot?
Lynn Barber (British journalist and author) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bagshot?
1 people born in Bagshot have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bagshot known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Bagshot?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bagshot’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)
- James, Earl of Wessex: NZ Defence Force, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camilla Luddington: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Robinson: W. Punt for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Millie Brady: HeyUGuys at http://HeyUGuys.com, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Patterson: Credit: "From photo by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Gabriel: MerleEllaPatsy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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