#1Science & Medicine
Etheldred Benett
1776–1845English geologist and paleontologist (1776-1845)
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Famous people · Tisbury, Wiltshire
Etheldred Benett tops a list of 3 famous people born in Tisbury
Etheldred Benett, the English geologist and paleontologist, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. The British nuclear engineer Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside ranks second, ahead of Winifred Barker. The nearest list is in Warminster, 10 mi away: 15 names, starting with Andy Sheppard. Born in 1776, Etheldred Benett is the first name on record, and Winifred Barker, born in 1910, the most recent.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Etheldred Benett
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1776
Etheldred Benett
Youngest
1910
Winifred Barker
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Tisbury
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
#1CB#2
Science & Medicine
Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside
1901–1983British nuclear engineer (1901-1983)
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WB#3
Politics & Law
Winifred Barker
1910–1995British police chief (1910-1995)
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Known for
What Tisbury is known for
Share of Tisbury’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Warminster has the most on record: 15.
Questions about famous people from Tisbury
Who is the most famous person from Tisbury?
Etheldred Benett (English geologist and paleontologist (1776-1845)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside and Winifred Barker.
How many famous people were born in Tisbury?
3 people born in Tisbury have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Tisbury known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tisbury?
Etheldred Benett, born in 1776. The youngest on the list was born in 1910.
Who counts as from Tisbury?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tisbury’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)
- Etheldred Benett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Sheppard: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Newton: Trailer screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke: Anthony van Dyck, 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
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