JC#1
Sports
Jack Crapp
1912–1981English Test and County cricketer, umpire (1912-1981)
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · St Columb Major, Cornwall
6 famous people were born in St Columb Major from 1580 to 1912
Best known of all is Jack Crapp, written about in 6 languages. Stephen Robert Nockolds is second and Percy Bennett third. The list’s best known name, Jack Crapp, dates from 1912. Half or more of the towns in Cornwall have no one on record, but this one has 16.4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Jack Crapp
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1580
Richard Bonython
Youngest
1912
Jack Crapp
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about St Columb Major’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When St Columb Major’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1910s come out on top, with 1 births.
SportsMilitaryScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in St Columb Major
Jack Crapp leads with articles in 6 languages, ahead of Stephen Robert Nockolds (3) and Percy Bennett (1).
SN#2
Science & Medicine
Stephen Robert Nockolds
1909–1990British geologist (1909–1990)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
PB#3
Known for
What St Columb Major is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in St Columb Major
A further 3 follow, born between 1580 and 1847.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Newquay has the longest list next door: 11.
Questions about famous people from St Columb Major
Who is the most famous person from St Columb Major?
Jack Crapp (English Test and County cricketer, umpire (1912-1981)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Stephen Robert Nockolds and Percy Bennett.
How many famous people were born in St Columb Major?
6 people born in St Columb Major have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is St Columb Major known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from St Columb Major?
Richard Bonython, born in 1580. The youngest on the list was born in 1912.
Who counts as from St Columb Major?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside St Columb Major’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 (1)
- William Hicks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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