#1Famous people · Mere, Wiltshire
4 famous people were born in Mere
The best known is the English anarchist Ian Bone, with articles in 2 languages. Behind the leader come Matt Potter and Edward Henslow. Edward Henslow (1879) and Matt Potter (1970) mark the two ends of the list. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ian Bone
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Edward Henslow
Youngest
1970
Matt Potter
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Mere
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Sports
Edward Henslow
1879–1947English cricketer and British Army officer (1879-1947)
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Through the years
When Mere’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mere is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mere
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Frome, with 16.
Frome · 10 miJenson Button & 15 more
Warminster · 9 miAndy Sheppard & 14 more
Shaftesbury · 7 miRobert Newton & 12 moreMBBruton · 8 miMichael Bennett & 4 moreDHWincanton · 7 miDiana Hoddinott & 3 more
Tisbury · 8 miEtheldred Benett & 2 more
Gillingham · 4 miThomas Willmore & 1 moreAAMarnhull · 9 miAdam Ayles & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Mere
Who is the most famous person from Mere?
Ian Bone (English anarchist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Matt Potter and Edward Henslow.
How many famous people were born in Mere?
4 people born in Mere have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Mere known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mere?
Edward Henslow, born in 1879. The youngest on the list was born in 1970.
Who counts as from Mere?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mere’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)
- Ian Bone: Leutha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenson Button: Engyles, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Sheppard: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Newton: Trailer screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Etheldred Benett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Willmore: Konrad Jacobs, Copyright is MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
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