#1Famous people · Brixham, Devon
The 7 famous people born in Brixham, led by Dan Gosling
Dan Gosling, the English association football player, is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. Second place goes to the British drama teacher Keith Johnstone, third to Nicholas Pennell. More than half were born in the 20th century, 4 in all. Over 101 years of births, the list goes from Gus Huxford (1889) to Dan Gosling (1990).
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Dan Gosling
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Gus Huxford
Youngest
1990
Dan Gosling
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Brixham
Languages with an article: 36 for Dan Gosling, 14 for Keith Johnstone, 5 for Nicholas Pennell.
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#2Science & Medicine
Keith Johnstone
1933–2023British drama teacher (1933–2023)
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Through the years
When Brixham’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brixham is known for
Brixham has 5.8× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brixham
4 more, from 1889 to 1949.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Brixham, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Brixham
Who is the most famous person from Brixham?
Dan Gosling (English association football player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 36 languages. Next come Keith Johnstone and Nicholas Pennell.
How many famous people were born in Brixham?
7 people born in Brixham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brixham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brixham?
Gus Huxford, born in 1889. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Brixham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brixham’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)
- Dan Gosling: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingythewingy/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Johnstone: Neitram, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Hart: DonnaPrentis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Agatha Christie: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sue Barker: Flickr user Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Bryce: Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Steve Owsley, USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Diamond: DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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