Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people near Coldeast: 9 in Ashburton
Not one famous person on record comes from Coldeast yet. Plymouth has the most of any town in Devon: 565. After Plymouth, the next longest list in Devon is Exeter’s, with 303. In Devon, 83 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Coldeast’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Coldeast yet.
Famous people born near Coldeast
Nearby, Ashburton has the most on record, with 9.
Ashburton · 5 miRichard Carlile & 8 moreAHBovey Tracey · 2 miArnold Wienholt Hodson & 3 moreHBKingsteignton · 4 miHenry Beeke & 2 more
Chudleigh · 4 miEdward Fortescue Wright & 1 moreHKNewton Abbot · 3 miHenry Kitson
Denbury · 4 miLettice CurtisVMIpplepen · 5 miVivian Majendie
Kingskerswell · 6 miIan DiamondQuestions about famous people from Coldeast
Who counts as from Coldeast?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Coldeast’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)
- Richard Carlile: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Fortescue Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lettice Curtis: RAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Diamond: DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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