#1Famous people · St Keverne, Cornwall
James Polkinghorne, born in 1788, is St Keverne’s famous person on record
The cornish professional wrestler James Polkinghorne was born in 1788. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. 2 languages have an article about them. The nearest list is in Falmouth, 7 mi away: 35 names, starting with David Bond.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
James Polkinghorne
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1788
James Polkinghorne
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in St Keverne
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Falmouth has the longest list next door: 35.
Questions about famous people from St Keverne
Who is the most famous person from St Keverne?
James Polkinghorne (cornish professional wrestler) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in St Keverne?
1 people born in St Keverne 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 St Keverne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from St Keverne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside St Keverne’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 (6)
- James Polkinghorne: Sabine Baring-Gould, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pellow: Tabyrd6, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Fitzsimmons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew George: ©House of Commons / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Finn: Nieszczarda2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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