Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0No one from Troon is on the famous people list yet
Within 4 mi, Redruth lists the most: 36, with Kristin Scott Thomas first. 69 towns across Cornwall can name a famous person born there. No town in Cornwall lists more than Truro, with 116. Penzance has the second-longest list in Cornwall, after Truro, with 69.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Troon’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Troon yet.
Famous people born near Troon
Of the towns nearby, Redruth lists the most people: 36.
Questions about famous people from Troon
Who counts as from Troon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Troon’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 (3)
- Kristin Scott Thomas: Maximilian Bühn, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Trevithick: John Linnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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