#1Politics & Law
John Endecott
1600–1665Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1600-1664)
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Famous people · Chagford, Devon
4 famous people were born in Chagford from 1600 to 1960
Articles in 8 languages make the governor of Massachusetts Bay colony John Endecott the best known. The next two names are Rodney Bennett and Alexis Bowater. John Endecott, the best known, was born in 1600. The biggest group are performers: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Endecott
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1600
John Endecott
Youngest
1960
Alexis Bowater
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Chagford
Three names lead: John Endecott (8 languages), Rodney Bennett (8) and Alexis Bowater (2).
#1RB#2
Film, TV & Stage
Rodney Bennett
1935–2017British television director (1935-2017)
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Alexis Bowater
born 1960British television journalist and presenter
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Chagford’s famous people were born
The 1600s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chagford is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Chagford
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Crediton has the most on record: 15.
Crediton · 11 miSaint Boniface & 14 more
Ashburton · 11 miRichard Carlile & 8 more
Okehampton · 8 miJames Churchward & 7 moreAHBovey Tracey · 9 miArnold Wienholt Hodson & 3 more
Moretonhampstead · 3 miJames Jackson & 2 more
Bow · 9 miFeargus B. Squire & 2 moreNHNorth Tawton · 9 miNicholas Hughes & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Chagford
Who is the most famous person from Chagford?
John Endecott (governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1600-1664)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Rodney Bennett and Alexis Bowater.
How many famous people were born in Chagford?
4 people born in Chagford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Chagford known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chagford?
John Endecott, born in 1600. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
Who counts as from Chagford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chagford’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)
- John Endecott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexis Bowater: Yourwestcountry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Boniface: Cornelis Bloemaert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Carlile: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Churchward: Domínio público. Foto muito antiga, do primeiro quartel do século 19., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Jackson: Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852, artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Feargus B. Squire: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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