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Photo: Vieve Forward · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Broad Town, Wiltshire
Broad Town, birthplace of the British chef and cookery writer Sophie Grigson
Sophie Grigson, the British chef and cookery writer, was born in 1959. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Nearby, Swindon, 6 mi away, lists 182, led by Billie Piper.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Sophie Grigson
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1959
Sophie Grigson
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Broad Town
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Swindon has the longest list next door: 182.
Swindon · 6 miBillie Piper & 181 moreDHMarlborough · 8 miDouglas Hurd & 35 more
Calne · 7 miAndy Sandell & 9 more
Wroughton · 4 miGeoffrey Cox & 8 moreJBRoyal Wootton Bassett · 3 miJack Barrett & 2 more
Stratton St Margaret · 8 miWilliam Carpenter & 1 more
Wanborough · 8 miLouise Hunt & 1 more
Purton · 6 miDesmond MorrisQuestions about famous people from Broad Town
Who is the most famous person from Broad Town?
Sophie Grigson (British chef and cookery writer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Broad Town?
1 people born in Broad Town have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Broad Town known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Broad Town?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Broad Town’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)
- Billie Piper: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Sandell: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoffrey Cox: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Carpenter: uncertain (attributed to Townsend Duryea but timeline does not match Carpenter's career), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Hunt: N1CKchooseanothername, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Desmond Morris: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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