#1Military
Joseph Trewavas
1835–1905Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1835-1905)
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Famous people · Mousehole, Cornwall
2 famous people call Mousehole their birthplace
The best known is the recipient of the Victoria cross Joseph Trewavas, with articles in 2 languages. The list has one more: the British artist Jack Pender. Humphry Davy heads the list in Penzance, 2 mi away, which has 69 names. Over 83 years of births, the list goes from Joseph Trewavas (1835) to Jack Pender (1918).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Joseph Trewavas
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Joseph Trewavas
Youngest
1918
Jack Pender
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Mousehole
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Known for
What Mousehole is known for
The largest field is Military, 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
Around it, Penzance has the most people on record, 69 of them.
Questions about famous people from Mousehole
Who is the most famous person from Mousehole?
Joseph Trewavas (recipient of the Victoria Cross (1835-1905)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Jack Pender.
How many famous people were born in Mousehole?
2 people born in Mousehole 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 Mousehole known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mousehole?
Joseph Trewavas, born in 1835. The youngest on the list was born in 1918.
Who counts as from Mousehole?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mousehole’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 (8)
- Joseph Trewavas: The original uploader was Peter Warrington at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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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