#1Famous people · Brixton, Devon
2 famous people were born in Brixton from 1605 to 1793
Tristram Coffin is the best known, with articles in 2 languages. The other is Samuel Rowe, the English cleric and topographer. The list’s best known name, Tristram Coffin, dates from 1605. Nearby, Plymouth, 5 mi away, lists 565, led by Robert Falcon Scott.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Tristram Coffin
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1605
Tristram Coffin
Youngest
1793
Samuel Rowe
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Brixton
#1SR#2
Known for
What Brixton is known for
The field with the most names is Business: 1.
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 longest list nearby is Plymouth’s, with 565.
Plymouth · 5 miRobert Falcon Scott & 564 moreRPSaltash · 9 miRoyce Pierreson & 14 more
Ivybridge · 6 miLuke Summerfield & 6 more
Torpoint · 8 miJohn Langdon Down & 5 more
Modbury · 6 miThomas Savery & 2 more
Millbrook · 8 miSheryll Murray & 1 more
Wembury · 3 miAntony JinmanBLSouth Brent · 10 miBetsy LobbQuestions about famous people from Brixton
Who is the most famous person from Brixton?
Tristram Coffin (American investor 1605-1681) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Samuel Rowe.
How many famous people were born in Brixton?
2 people born in Brixton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Brixton known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brixton?
Tristram Coffin, born in 1605. The youngest on the list was born in 1793.
Who counts as from Brixton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brixton’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)
- Tristram Coffin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Falcon Scott: Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Summerfield: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Langdon Down: Sydney Hodges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Savery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheryll Murray: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antony Jinman: Markrglover, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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