#1Famous people · Mullion, Cornwall
Mullion counts 3 famous people, first among them Andrew George
Articles in 11 languages make the British politician Andrew George the best known. Martin Roberts, the Welsh cricketer, comes second, with Ernest Herbert Pitcher third. Of its neighbours, Falmouth, 11 mi away, lists the most: 35, David Bond first. From Ernest Herbert Pitcher to Martin Roberts, the births on the list run from 1888 to 1966.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Andrew George
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Ernest Herbert Pitcher
Youngest
1966
Martin Roberts
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Mullion
Ranked by languages covered: Andrew George with 11, then Martin Roberts with 4 and Ernest Herbert Pitcher with 1.
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#3Military
Ernest Herbert Pitcher
1888–1946Recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Known for
What Mullion is known for
Share of Mullion’s famous people in each field.
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
Close by, the fullest list is Falmouth’s, at 35 names.
Questions about famous people from Mullion
Who is the most famous person from Mullion?
Andrew George (British politician (born 1958)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Martin Roberts and Ernest Herbert Pitcher.
How many famous people were born in Mullion?
3 people born in Mullion have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mullion 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 Mullion?
Ernest Herbert Pitcher, born in 1888. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
Who counts as from Mullion?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mullion’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 (5)
- Andrew George: ©House of Commons / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Herbert Pitcher: Ambrose McEvoy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pellow: Tabyrd6, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Fitzsimmons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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