#1Famous people · Lostwithiel, Cornwall
4 famous people were born in Lostwithiel from 1815 to 1986
The best known is the British musician Andy Mackay, with articles in 18 languages. Stephen Varcoe and Charles Staniforth Hext follow. Half or more of the towns in Cornwall have no one on record, but this one has 13 for every 10,000 residents. The biggest group are musicians: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Andy Mackay
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Charles Staniforth Hext
Youngest
1986
Kate Jackson
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Lostwithiel
Musicians take two of the three places.
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CH#3
Military
Charles Staniforth Hext
1815–1855British military officer and artist
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Through the years
When Lostwithiel’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 2 people born in that decade.
MusicMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lostwithiel is known for
The field with the most names is Music: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lostwithiel
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, St Austell has the most on record, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Lostwithiel
Who is the most famous person from Lostwithiel?
Andy Mackay (British musician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Stephen Varcoe and Charles Staniforth Hext.
How many famous people were born in Lostwithiel?
4 people born in Lostwithiel have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Lostwithiel known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lostwithiel?
Charles Staniforth Hext, born in 1815. The youngest on the list was born in 1986.
Who counts as from Lostwithiel?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lostwithiel’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)
- Andy Mackay: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Nettles: Jersey Tourism, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. A. Wallis Budge: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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