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Famous people · Budock Water, Cornwall
2 famous people were born in Budock Water from 1842 to 1952
The best known is the footballer Tony Kellow, with articles in 3 languages. The list has one more: the Australian politician John Annear. Falmouth, 1 mi away, has 35 on its list, the best known David Bond. In all of Cornwall, the famous people on record come from 69 towns.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Tony Kellow
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
John Annear
Youngest
1952
Tony Kellow
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Budock Water
#2Known for
What Budock Water is known for
1 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.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Falmouth has the most people on record, 35 of them.
Questions about famous people from Budock Water
Who is the most famous person from Budock Water?
Tony Kellow (footballer (1952-2011)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come John Annear.
How many famous people were born in Budock Water?
2 people born in Budock Water have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Budock Water known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Budock Water?
John Annear, born in 1842. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
Who counts as from Budock Water?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Budock Water’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)
- John Annear: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pellow: Tabyrd6, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Finn: Nieszczarda2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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