#1Sports
Edward Fortescue Wright
1858–1904West Indian cricketer (1858-1904)
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Famous people · Chudleigh, Devon
2 famous people call Chudleigh their birthplace
Edward Fortescue Wright, the west Indian cricketer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The other is John Treeby, the politician. A short trip away, Teignmouth (5 mi) counts 24 famous people, John Pulman among them. Over 49 years of births, the list goes from John Treeby (1809) to Edward Fortescue Wright (1858).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Edward Fortescue Wright
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1809
John Treeby
Youngest
1858
Edward Fortescue Wright
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Chudleigh
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Known for
What Chudleigh is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 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
Teignmouth leads the towns around it, with 24 names.
Questions about famous people from Chudleigh
Who is the most famous person from Chudleigh?
Edward Fortescue Wright (west Indian cricketer (1858-1904)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come John Treeby.
How many famous people were born in Chudleigh?
2 people born in Chudleigh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Chudleigh 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 Chudleigh?
John Treeby, born in 1809. The youngest on the list was born in 1858.
Who counts as from Chudleigh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chudleigh’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 (2)
- Edward Fortescue Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Holman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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