#1Famous people · Landrake, Cornwall
Landrake has just one famous person to its name: William Beale
The English composer and baritone William Beale was born in 1784. That places their birth in the Georgian era. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Of its neighbours, Plymouth, 7 mi away, lists the most: 565, Robert Falcon Scott first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
William Beale
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1784
William Beale
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Landrake
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Plymouth, with 565.
Plymouth · 7 miRobert Falcon Scott & 564 moreRPSaltash · 3 miRoyce Pierreson & 14 moreOCLiskeard · 8 miOllie Chenoweth & 10 more
Torpoint · 5 miJohn Langdon Down & 5 moreSCCallington · 6 miSelina Cooper & 3 moreRBLooe · 9 miRay Bowden & 3 more
Millbrook · 6 miSheryll Murray & 1 more
Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel · 7 miThomas Ball Barratt & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Landrake
Who is the most famous person from Landrake?
William Beale (English composer and baritone) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Landrake?
1 people born in Landrake have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Landrake known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Landrake?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Landrake’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)
- William Beale: Charles John Robertson (born 1779?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Falcon Scott: Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Langdon Down: Sydney Hodges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheryll Murray: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ball Barratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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