Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Penwithick has yet to put a famous person on the list
Nearby, St Austell, 2 mi away, lists 24, led by John Nettles. Across Cornwall, the lists cover 69 towns. Truro’s 116 names make the longest list in Cornwall. After Truro, the next longest list in Cornwall is Penzance’s, with 69.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Penwithick’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Penwithick yet.
Famous people born near Penwithick
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Penwithick
Who counts as from Penwithick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Penwithick’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)
- John Nettles: Jersey Tourism, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Mackay: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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