#1Science & Medicine
Richard Trevithick
1771–1833British inventor and mining engineer (1771-1833)
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Famous people · Pool and Illogan, Cornwall
Pool and Illogan counts 2 famous people, first among them Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick, the British inventor and mining engineer, is the most widely known, written about in 56 languages. One more name completes the list: Richard Tangye. The nearest list is in Redruth, 2 mi away: 36 names, starting with Kristin Scott Thomas. Over 62 years of births, the list goes from Richard Trevithick (1771) to Richard Tangye (1833).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Richard Trevithick
in 56 Wikipedia languages
First
1771
Richard Trevithick
Youngest
1833
Richard Tangye
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
What stands out about Pool and Illogan’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Pool and Illogan
#1#2Business
Richard Tangye
1833–1906English businessman, engineer and inventor (1833-1906)
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Known for
What Pool and Illogan is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, 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
Nearby, Redruth has the most on record, with 36.
Questions about famous people from Pool and Illogan
Who is the most famous person from Pool and Illogan?
Richard Trevithick (British inventor and mining engineer (1771-1833)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 56 languages. Next come Richard Tangye.
How many famous people were born in Pool and Illogan?
2 people born in Pool and Illogan 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 Pool and Illogan known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pool and Illogan?
Richard Trevithick, born in 1771. The youngest on the list was born in 1833.
Who counts as from Pool and Illogan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pool and Illogan’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 (4)
- Richard Trevithick: John Linnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Tangye: Frank Hewett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristin Scott Thomas: Maximilian Bühn, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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