#1Film, TV & Stage
Kristin Scott Thomas
born 1960British-French actress
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Famous people · Redruth, Cornwall
36 famous people from Redruth, many of them writers and artists
At the top of the list is the British-French actress Kristin Scott Thomas, covered in 57 languages. Mick Fleetwood and Danny Nightingale follow. Most were born in the 20th century: 23 of them. Among the 69 towns in Cornwall with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd.
Born here
36
notable people
Best known
Kristin Scott Thomas
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1734
Thomas Haweis
Youngest
1979
Rob Thirlby
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Redruth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Redruth is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 2.2 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Redruth
Kristin Scott Thomas has articles in 57 languages, Mick Fleetwood in 29 and Danny Nightingale in 14.
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Through the years
When Redruth’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 9 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineNotablePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Redruth
33 more, from 1734 to 1979.
Colin Podmore
born 1960English ecclesiastical historian and a senior layperson in the Church of England
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Perran Moon
born 1970British politician, from 2024, Member of Parliament for Camborne and Redruth
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Camborne’s, with 21.
Questions about famous people from Redruth
Who is the most famous person from Redruth?
Kristin Scott Thomas (British-French actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 57 languages. Next come Mick Fleetwood and Danny Nightingale.
How many famous people were born in Redruth?
36 people born in Redruth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 44 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Redruth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 36. That is 28% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Redruth?
Thomas Haweis, born in 1734. The youngest on the list was born in 1979.
Who counts as from Redruth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Redruth’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 (15)
- Kristin Scott Thomas: Maximilian Bühn, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mick Fleetwood: Brandt Luke Zorn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Johns: Gibnews, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Haweis: E. Bocquet / After Henry Edridge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Podmore: 1972PL, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Thomas Blight: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fanny Moody: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mick Paynter: Aallbbaann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Perran Moon: ©House of Commons / Laurie Noble, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rory McGrath: David Jones from Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Roach: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilda Moody: Ellis & Walery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marion Shoard: Cheechee23, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Trevithick: John Linnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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