#1Famous people · Delabole, Cornwall
Delabole has just one famous person to its name: Philip Gross
Philip Gross was born in 1952. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 3 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Bodmin, 11 mi away: 22, led by E. A. Wallis Budge.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Philip Gross
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1952
Philip Gross
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Delabole
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 3 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Delabole
Who is the most famous person from Delabole?
Philip Gross (poet, novelist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Delabole?
1 people born in Delabole have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Delabole known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Delabole?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Delabole’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 (3)
- Philip Gross: WanderingTrad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. A. Wallis Budge: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liane Collot d’Herbois: IONA-Archiv, Owingen, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.