Photo: Talskiddy at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Famous people from St Eval
Newquay, 6 mi off, can claim 11 famous people, the best known William Golding. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in St Eval. The longest list in Cornwall is Truro’s, with 116 names. 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 St Eval’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in St Eval yet.
Famous people born near St Eval
4 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from St Eval
Who counts as from St Eval?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside St Eval’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.
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