GC#1
Film, TV & Stage
Georgina Cookson
1918–2011British actress (1918-2011)
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Famous people · Mevagissey, Cornwall
From 1647 to 1918, Mevagissey was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 5 languages make the British actress Georgina Cookson the best known. Andrew Pears is second and Henry Rowe Hocking Kenner third. The list’s best known name, Georgina Cookson, dates from 1918. More are scientists and doctors than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Georgina Cookson
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1647
John Tremayne
Youngest
1918
Georgina Cookson
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Mevagissey
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
AP#2
Science & Medicine
Andrew Pears
1766–1845British barber and soap innovator
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Science & Medicine
Henry Rowe Hocking Kenner
1867–1944Canadian teacher
1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Mevagissey’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1 births.
Science & MedicineFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mevagissey is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mevagissey
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in St Austell: 24.
Questions about famous people from Mevagissey
Who is the most famous person from Mevagissey?
Georgina Cookson (British actress (1918-2011)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Andrew Pears and Henry Rowe Hocking Kenner.
How many famous people were born in Mevagissey?
4 people born in Mevagissey have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mevagissey known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mevagissey?
John Tremayne, born in 1647. The youngest on the list was born in 1918.
Who counts as from Mevagissey?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mevagissey’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)
- Henry Rowe Hocking Kenner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Nettles: Jersey Tourism, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stackhouse: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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