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Photo: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bromham, Wiltshire
One famous person was born in Bromham
Augustus Paget, the British flying ace, was born in 1898. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Chippenham, 6 mi away: 33, led by Jeremy Corbyn.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Augustus Paget
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Augustus Paget
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Bromham
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Chippenham has the most people on record, 33 of them.
Questions about famous people from Bromham
Who is the most famous person from Bromham?
Augustus Paget (British flying ace) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bromham?
1 people born in Bromham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bromham known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Bromham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bromham’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 (4)
- Jeremy Corbyn: Jessica Taylor, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Aylmer: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Sandell: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Leslie Goodwin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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