Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people from Fowey
So far, no famous person on record was born in Fowey. John Nettles tops the 24 names on record in St Austell, 6 mi away. Famous people are on record for 69 of the towns in Cornwall. The longest list of any town in Cornwall belongs to Truro, with 116.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Fowey’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Fowey yet.
Famous people born near Fowey
The fullest list close by belongs to St Austell, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Fowey
Who counts as from Fowey?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fowey’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 (2)
- John Nettles: Jersey Tourism, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Mackay: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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