#1Famous people · Bow, Devon
Bow is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the American politician Feargus B. Squire, with articles in 2 languages. Pat Parker, the English footballer, comes second, with Charles James Blomfield third. A short trip away, Crediton (7 mi) counts 15 famous people, Saint Boniface among them. Over 79 years of births, the list goes from Feargus B. Squire (1850) to Pat Parker (1929).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Feargus B. Squire
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
Feargus B. Squire
Youngest
1929
Pat Parker
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Bow
Three names lead: Feargus B. Squire (2 languages), Pat Parker (2) and Charles James Blomfield (1).
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#3Military
Charles James Blomfield
1855–1928British general in the Indian army (1855–1928)
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Known for
What Bow is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Bow, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Bow
Who is the most famous person from Bow?
Feargus B. Squire (American politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Pat Parker and Charles James Blomfield.
How many famous people were born in Bow?
3 people born in Bow have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bow known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bow?
Feargus B. Squire, born in 1850. The youngest on the list was born in 1929.
Who counts as from Bow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bow’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)
- Feargus B. Squire: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles James Blomfield: Elliott & Fry (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Boniface: Cornelis Bloemaert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Churchward: Domínio público. Foto muito antiga, do primeiro quartel do século 19., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Endecott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Jackson: Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852, artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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