#1Writing & Arts
Silvanus Trevail
1851–1903British architect (1851-1903)
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Famous people · Luxulyan, Cornwall
2 famous people call Luxulyan their birthplace
Silvanus Trevail, the British architect, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the British-Born American labor union leader Josiah B. Dyer. The neighbour with the longest list is St Austell, 4 mi away: 24, led by John Nettles. From Josiah B. Dyer in 1843 to Silvanus Trevail in 1851, the births cover 8 years.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Silvanus Trevail
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Josiah B. Dyer
Youngest
1851
Silvanus Trevail
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Luxulyan
#1JD#2
Politics & Law
Josiah B. Dyer
1843–1900British-born American labor union leader
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Known for
What Luxulyan is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, St Austell has the most on record, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Luxulyan
Who is the most famous person from Luxulyan?
Silvanus Trevail (British architect (1851-1903)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Josiah B. Dyer.
How many famous people were born in Luxulyan?
2 people born in Luxulyan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Luxulyan known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Luxulyan?
Josiah B. Dyer, born in 1843. The youngest on the list was born in 1851.
Who counts as from Luxulyan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Luxulyan’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)
- Silvanus Trevail: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Nettles: Jersey Tourism, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. A. Wallis Budge: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Mackay: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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