#1Writing & Arts
Liane Collot d’Herbois
1907–1999British painter and painting therapist (1907-1999)
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Famous people · Camelford, Cornwall
4 famous people were born in Camelford
Liane Collot d’Herbois, the British painter and painting therapist, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Second place goes to the British Methodist missionary Sam Pollard, third to Dudley Kernick. The first birth on record is Sam Pollard’s, in 1864, and the last Tom Jago’s, in 1925. For every 10,000 residents the town has 13.4, while at least half the towns in Cornwall list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Liane Collot d’Herbois
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1864
Sam Pollard
Youngest
1925
Tom Jago
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Camelford
The three are covered in 5, 5 and 2 languages: Liane Collot d’Herbois, Sam Pollard and Dudley Kernick.
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Through the years
When Camelford’s famous people were born
Most were born in the 20th century (3); the busiest decade is the 1920s (2).
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Camelford is known for
1 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Camelford
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Bodmin leads the towns around it, with 22 names.
Questions about famous people from Camelford
Who is the most famous person from Camelford?
Liane Collot d’Herbois (British painter and painting therapist (1907-1999)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Sam Pollard and Dudley Kernick.
How many famous people were born in Camelford?
4 people born in Camelford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Camelford known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Camelford?
Sam Pollard, born in 1864. The youngest on the list was born in 1925.
Who counts as from Camelford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Camelford’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)
- Liane Collot d’Herbois: IONA-Archiv, Owingen, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Pollard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. A. Wallis Budge: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Gross: WanderingTrad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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