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John Langdon Down
1828–1896British physician and first person to describe Down syndrome (1828-1896)
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Famous people · Torpoint, Cornwall
6 famous people come from Torpoint, John Langdon Down the best known
Best known of all is John Langdon Down, written about in 37 languages. 2 of them were born since 1970. The list runs from John Langdon Down, born in 1828, to Jack Stephens, born in 1994. More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
John Langdon Down
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
John Langdon Down
Youngest
1994
Jack Stephens
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Torpoint’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Torpoint’s famous people were born
The 1820s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Torpoint
Two of the three are athletes.
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#2Sports
Jack Stephens
born 1994English association football player (born 1994)
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Known for
What Torpoint is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Torpoint
A further 3 follow, born between 1829 and 1991.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Plymouth’s, at 565 names.
Questions about famous people from Torpoint
Who is the most famous person from Torpoint?
John Langdon Down (British physician and first person to describe Down syndrome (1828-1896)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 37 languages. Next come Jack Stephens and Roy Carter.
How many famous people were born in Torpoint?
6 people born in Torpoint have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Torpoint known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Torpoint?
John Langdon Down, born in 1828. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Torpoint?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Torpoint’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 (7)
- John Langdon Down: Sydney Hodges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Stephens: Solent Creatives from Southampton, United KIngdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Falcon Scott: Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907), 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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