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Science & Medicine
Oscar Kempthorne
1911–2000British statistician (1919–2000)
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Photo: David Balmford · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · St Tudy, Cornwall
Oscar Kempthorne, born in 1911, is St Tudy’s famous person on record
In 1911, the British statistician Oscar Kempthorne was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 2 languages. Go 6 mi to Bodmin and the list grows to 22, with E. A. Wallis Budge at the top.
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Oscar Kempthorne
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1911
Oscar Kempthorne
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Science & Medicine
1 people
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Born in St Tudy
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Bodmin lists the most people: 22.
Questions about famous people from St Tudy
Who is the most famous person from St Tudy?
Oscar Kempthorne (British statistician (1919–2000)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in St Tudy?
1 people born in St Tudy have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is St Tudy known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from St Tudy?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside St Tudy’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 (4)
- E. A. Wallis Budge: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liane Collot d’Herbois: IONA-Archiv, Owingen, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Mackay: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Gross: WanderingTrad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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