#1Famous people · Helston, Cornwall
11 famous people come from Helston, Bob Fitzsimmons the best known
Most widely known is Bob Fitzsimmons, the British boxer, with articles in 26 languages. Close behind are Jon Cruddas and Thomas Henry Holland. In the Victorian era, 5 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Cornwall have no one on record, but this one has 9.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Bob Fitzsimmons
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1772
Henry Trengrouse
Youngest
1970
Piran Holloway
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Helston
First, Bob Fitzsimmons (26 languages), then Jon Cruddas (9) and Thomas Henry Holland (6).
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Thomas Henry Holland
1868–1947British geologist (1868–1947)
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Through the years
When Helston’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Helston is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 4 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Helston
8 more, 3 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Camborne, at 21.
Questions about famous people from Helston
Who is the most famous person from Helston?
Bob Fitzsimmons (British boxer (1863-1917)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages. Next come Jon Cruddas and Thomas Henry Holland.
How many famous people were born in Helston?
11 people born in Helston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Helston known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 11. That is 36% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Helston?
Henry Trengrouse, born in 1772. The youngest on the list was born in 1970.
Who counts as from Helston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Helston’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 (9)
- Bob Fitzsimmons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Cruddas: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Henry Holland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Trengrouse: John Opie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Barrett: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan Laird, U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pellow: Tabyrd6, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew George: ©House of Commons / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Davies Gilbert: Painting by Henry Howard RA (31 January 1769 – 5 October 1847); Engraved by John Thompson (25 May 1785–20 February 1866), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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