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Photo: Bryn Holmes · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Padstow, Cornwall
Padstow is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the British politician Derek Hussey, with articles in 2 languages. The other is Robert Gard, the Australian operatic tenor. Just 11 mi away, Bodmin’s list holds 22 names, E. A. Wallis Budge the best known. Robert Gard (1927) and Derek Hussey (1948) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Derek Hussey
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Robert Gard
Youngest
1948
Derek Hussey
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Padstow
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Known for
What Padstow is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest 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
The longest list nearby is Bodmin’s, with 22.
Questions about famous people from Padstow
Who is the most famous person from Padstow?
Derek Hussey (British politician (born 1948)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Robert Gard.
How many famous people were born in Padstow?
2 people born in Padstow have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Padstow 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 Padstow?
Robert Gard, born in 1927. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Padstow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Padstow’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 (2)
- E. A. Wallis Budge: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Gross: WanderingTrad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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