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Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Madron, Cornwall
3 famous people were born in Madron
Most widely known is John Robyns, the Royal Marines officer, with articles in 2 languages. Close behind are Cecil Kaye and William Bolitho. Penzance, 1 mi away, has 69 on its list, the best known Humphry Davy. From John Robyns to Cecil Kaye, the births on the list run from 1780 to 1868.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
John Robyns
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1780
John Robyns
Youngest
1868
Cecil Kaye
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Madron
John Robyns has articles in 2 languages, Cecil Kaye in 1 and William Bolitho in 1.
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Sports
William Bolitho
1862–1919English cricketer, banker, and British Army officer (1862-1919)
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Known for
What Madron is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 1 people.
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 around it, Penzance has the most on record: 69.
Questions about famous people from Madron
Who is the most famous person from Madron?
John Robyns (Royal Marines officer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Cecil Kaye and William Bolitho.
How many famous people were born in Madron?
3 people born in Madron have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Madron known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Madron?
John Robyns, born in 1780. The youngest on the list was born in 1868.
Who counts as from Madron?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Madron’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 (7)
- Humphry Davy: Thomas Phillips, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lloyd: William Lloyd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Rescorla: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Luke: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Hichens: Board of Trade, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Davies Gilbert: Painting by Henry Howard RA (31 January 1769 – 5 October 1847); Engraved by John Thompson (25 May 1785–20 February 1866), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Cole: Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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