#1Famous people · Appledore, Devon
4 famous people were born in Appledore from 1799 to 1926
The best known is the British artist Edward Calvert, with articles in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are William Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely and Sheila Stewart. Edward Calvert was born in 1799. The longest list in Devon is Plymouth’s, with 565 names.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Edward Calvert
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1799
Edward Calvert
Youngest
1926
Sheila Stewart
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Appledore
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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Business
William Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely
1868–1942British racehorse owner (1868-1942)
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Through the years
When Appledore’s famous people were born
The 1790s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Appledore is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Appledore
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Barnstaple lists the most people: 75.
Questions about famous people from Appledore
Who is the most famous person from Appledore?
Edward Calvert (British artist (1799-1883)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come William Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely and Sheila Stewart.
How many famous people were born in Appledore?
4 people born in Appledore have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Appledore known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Appledore?
Edward Calvert, born in 1799. The youngest on the list was born in 1926.
Who counts as from Appledore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Appledore’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)
- Edward Calvert: Edward Calvert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gay: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Grenville: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Johnson Cory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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