#1Famous people · Chacewater, Cornwall
4 famous people were born in Chacewater
Jonathan Hornblower, the steam power pioneer, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are John Robarts and Andrew Ketcham Barnett. The earliest on the list is Jonathan Hornblower, born in 1753, and the youngest Andrew Ketcham Barnett, born in 1852. The biggest group are scientists and doctors: 3.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Jonathan Hornblower
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1753
Jonathan Hornblower
Youngest
1852
Andrew Ketcham Barnett
Most common field
Science & Medicine
3 people
The best known
Born in Chacewater
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Chacewater’s famous people were born
3 were born in the Georgian era, and the 1750s alone saw 1.
Science & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chacewater is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 10.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Chacewater
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Truro has the longest list next door: 116.
Questions about famous people from Chacewater
Who is the most famous person from Chacewater?
Jonathan Hornblower (steam power pioneer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come John Robarts and Andrew Ketcham Barnett.
How many famous people were born in Chacewater?
4 people born in Chacewater have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Chacewater known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chacewater?
Jonathan Hornblower, born in 1753. The youngest on the list was born in 1852.
Who counts as from Chacewater?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chacewater’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 (5)
- Jonathan Hornblower: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Robarts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Adams: Paul Meyer-Dunker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristin Scott Thomas: Maximilian Bühn, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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