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Famous people · Camborne, Cornwall
21 famous people from Camborne, many of them leaders
Arthur Woolf, the cornish engineer, is the most widely known, written about in 11 languages. Close behind are Luke Charteris and Josiah Thomas. The earliest on the list is James Trevenen, born in 1760, and the youngest Harry Hall, born in 1997. The list is still growing: 6 were born since 1970.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Arthur Woolf
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1760
James Trevenen
Youngest
1997
Harry Hall
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Camborne’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Camborne is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Camborne
Arthur Woolf has articles in 11 languages, Luke Charteris in 10 and Josiah Thomas in 8.
#2
#3Politics & Law
Josiah Thomas
1863–1933Miner and politician in New South Wales, Australia (1863-1933)
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Through the years
When Camborne’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicMilitaryNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Camborne
A further 18 follow, born between 1760 and 1997.
James Trevenen
1760–1790Officer in the Royal Navy and the Imperial Russian Navy (1760-1790)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Redruth has the most on record: 36.
Questions about famous people from Camborne
Who is the most famous person from Camborne?
Arthur Woolf (cornish engineer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Luke Charteris and Josiah Thomas.
How many famous people were born in Camborne?
21 people born in Camborne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Camborne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 21. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Camborne?
James Trevenen, born in 1760. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Camborne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Camborne’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 (8)
- Luke Charteris: National Assembly for Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah Thomas: Swiss Studios, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Matavesi: Stemoc, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Goldsworthy: Chris McCarthy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sian Williams: Sevcoteehee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas B. Dunstan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristin Scott Thomas: Maximilian Bühn, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Trevithick: John Linnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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