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Famous people · Braunton, Devon
From 1785 to 1995, Braunton was the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Danny Barrow, the association football player, with articles in 5 languages. One more name completes the list: William Bruce Knight. For more famous names, Barnstaple is 5 mi away: its list has 75, led by John Gay. The list’s best known name, Danny Barrow, dates from 1995.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Danny Barrow
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1785
William Bruce Knight
Youngest
1995
Danny Barrow
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Braunton
#2Science & Medicine
William Bruce Knight
1785–1845Welsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator (1785-1845)
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Known for
What Braunton is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
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
6 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Braunton
Who is the most famous person from Braunton?
Danny Barrow (association football player (born 1995)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come William Bruce Knight.
How many famous people were born in Braunton?
2 people born in Braunton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Braunton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Braunton?
William Bruce Knight, born in 1785. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Braunton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Braunton’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)
- William Bruce Knight: W.R. Compton-Davies; engraver Henry Cousins after Martin Archer Shee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gay: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Grenville: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Calvert: Edward Calvert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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