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Famous people · Callington, Cornwall
From 1834 to 1945, Callington was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Selina Cooper, the British suffragist, with articles in 5 languages. Behind the leader come John Bice and Nicholas Procter Burgh. For every 10,000 residents the town has 8.6, while at least half the towns in Cornwall list nobody born there. Selina Cooper, the best known, was born in 1864.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Selina Cooper
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1834
Nicholas Procter Burgh
Youngest
1945
Roy Sambles
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Callington
Two of the three are leaders.
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Through the years
When Callington’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Politics & LawMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Callington is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Callington
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Callington
Who is the most famous person from Callington?
Selina Cooper (British suffragist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come John Bice and Nicholas Procter Burgh.
How many famous people were born in Callington?
4 people born in Callington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Callington known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Callington?
Nicholas Procter Burgh, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Callington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Callington’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 Bice: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Drake: Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ball Barratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Beale: Charles John Robertson (born 1779?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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