#1Famous people · Millbrook, Cornwall
Millbrook is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Sheryll Murray, the British politician, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The only other name is the English footballer Reg Jenkins. The neighbour with the longest list is Plymouth, 5 mi away: 565, led by Robert Falcon Scott. From Reg Jenkins to Sheryll Murray, the births on the list run from 1938 to 1956.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Sheryll Murray
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1938
Reg Jenkins
Youngest
1956
Sheryll Murray
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Millbrook
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Known for
What Millbrook is known for
Leaders 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
The most names next door are in Plymouth: 565.
Plymouth · 5 miRobert Falcon Scott & 564 moreRPSaltash · 4 miRoyce Pierreson & 14 more
Torpoint · 2 miJohn Langdon Down & 5 moreRBLooe · 11 miRay Bowden & 3 moreSCCallington · 12 miSelina Cooper & 3 more
Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel · 12 miThomas Ball Barratt & 1 more
Landrake · 6 miWilliam Beale
Wembury · 6 miAntony JinmanQuestions about famous people from Millbrook
Who is the most famous person from Millbrook?
Sheryll Murray (British politician (born 1956)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Reg Jenkins.
How many famous people were born in Millbrook?
2 people born in Millbrook have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Millbrook known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Millbrook?
Reg Jenkins, born in 1938. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
Who counts as from Millbrook?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Millbrook’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 (6)
- Sheryll Murray: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Falcon Scott: Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Langdon Down: Sydney Hodges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ball Barratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Beale: Charles John Robertson (born 1779?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antony Jinman: Markrglover, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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