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Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Mabe Burnthouse, Cornwall
2 famous people were born in Mabe Burnthouse
The best known is the English cricketer Roger Hosen, with articles in 2 languages. The list has one more: the British businessman Sam Toy. Redruth, 6 mi off, can claim 36 famous people, the best known Kristin Scott Thomas. Births span 1923 to 1933, from Sam Toy to Roger Hosen.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Roger Hosen
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Sam Toy
Youngest
1933
Roger Hosen
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Mabe Burnthouse
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Known for
What Mabe Burnthouse is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
Of the towns nearby, Redruth lists the most people: 36.
Questions about famous people from Mabe Burnthouse
Who is the most famous person from Mabe Burnthouse?
Roger Hosen (English cricketer (1933-2005)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Sam Toy.
How many famous people were born in Mabe Burnthouse?
2 people born in Mabe Burnthouse 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 Mabe Burnthouse known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mabe Burnthouse?
Sam Toy, born in 1923. The youngest on the list was born in 1933.
Who counts as from Mabe Burnthouse?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mabe Burnthouse’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)
- Kristin Scott Thomas: Maximilian Bühn, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pellow: Tabyrd6, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Finn: Nieszczarda2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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