Famous Residents
Well known people who live, or lived, in Child Okeford and its environs include:
- Harry Corbett Sooty & Sweep creator
- David James, author, politician and adventurer lived in the village whilst Conservative MP for North Dorset
- Tom Mennard, comedian and actor, best known as Sam Tindall in Coronation Street
- Mick Robertson TV presenter, best known for Magpie
- Rodney Fryer Russell and his wife Pamela lived in the nearby hamlet of Manston, both widely acclaimed artists who often painted together
- Sir John Tavener, composer
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their children. At the top of the list were conformity and strict obedience. More than fifty years later, when the Middletown survey was replicated, mothers placed autonomy and independence first. The healthiest parenting probably promotes a balance of these qualities in children.”
—Richard Louv (20th century)
“In most nineteenth-century cities, both large and small, more than 50 percent—and often up to 75 percent—of the residents in any given year were no longer there ten years later. People born in the twentieth century are much more likely to live near their birthplace than were people born in the nineteenth century.”
—Stephanie Coontz (20th century)