#1Politics & Law
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
1628–1701English Royalist soldier and statesman
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Famous people · Kilkhampton, Cornwall
From 1524 to 1885, Kilkhampton was the birthplace of 5 famous people
Articles in 6 languages make the English Royalist soldier and statesman John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath the best known. Thomas Greenway, the Canadian politician, comes second, with Minnie Pallister third. The list reaches back to Richard Grenville, born in 1524, one of 2 born before the Georgians. Most were born in the Victorian era: 3 of them.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1524
Richard Grenville
Youngest
1885
Minnie Pallister
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Kilkhampton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kilkhampton’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1620s come out on top, with 1 births.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kilkhampton
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Thomas Greenway
1838–1908Canadian politician (1838-1908)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
MP#3
Writing & Arts
Minnie Pallister
1885–1960British writer, teacher and labour organiser
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Kilkhampton is known for
Kilkhampton has 6.8× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kilkhampton
Still to come: 2 more, from 1524 to 1871.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Bude, with 5.
Questions about famous people from Kilkhampton
Who is the most famous person from Kilkhampton?
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (English Royalist soldier and statesman) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Thomas Greenway and Minnie Pallister.
How many famous people were born in Kilkhampton?
5 people born in Kilkhampton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kilkhampton known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kilkhampton?
Richard Grenville, born in 1524. The youngest on the list was born in 1885.
Who counts as from Kilkhampton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilkhampton’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)
- John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath: Gaius Cornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Greenway: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Maynard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Maynard: Richard Maynard (1832-1907), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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