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Film, TV & Stage
Royce Pierreson
born 1989British theater and film actor
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Famous people · Saltash, Cornwall
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 15 famous people born in Saltash
At the top of the list is the British theater and film actor Royce Pierreson, covered in 8 languages. 7 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Dan Smith, born in 1989, is the youngest, and Evan Nepean, born in 1751, the first on record. For every 10,000 residents the town has 9.7, while at least half the towns in Cornwall list nobody born there.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Royce Pierreson
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1751
Evan Nepean
Youngest
1989
Dan Smith
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Saltash’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saltash is known for
Saltash has 7.3× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Saltash’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsMilitaryScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Saltash
Royce Pierreson, Ryan Dickson and Evan Nepean are written about in 8, 7 and 5 languages.
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Everyone else born in Saltash
Here are 12 more, born from 1777 to 1989.
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1818–1889Politician and businessman in South Australia (1818–1889)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Plymouth, at 565.
Questions about famous people from Saltash
Who is the most famous person from Saltash?
Royce Pierreson (British theater and film actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Ryan Dickson and Evan Nepean.
How many famous people were born in Saltash?
15 people born in Saltash have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Saltash known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 15. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saltash?
Evan Nepean, born in 1751. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Saltash?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Saltash’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 (10)
- Evan Nepean: Nepean Museum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Glanville: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Darton Thomas: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Field: Dudley Council from England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Falcon Scott: Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Langdon Down: Sydney Hodges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheryll Murray: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ball Barratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Beale: Charles John Robertson (born 1779?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antony Jinman: Markrglover, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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