#1Film, TV & Stage
Pauline Collins
1940–2025British actress (1940–2025)
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Famous people · Exmouth, Devon
Of the 23 famous people born in Exmouth, an unusual share are musicians
Pauline Collins, the British actress, is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. 11 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Over 189 years of births, the list goes from Frederick Bond (1811) to Jack Sparkes (2000). The list is still growing: 6 were born since 1970.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Pauline Collins
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Frederick Bond
Youngest
2000
Jack Sparkes
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Exmouth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Exmouth is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 3.4 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Exmouth
Pauline Collins has articles in 36 languages, William Tidball in 10 and Hugh Seymour Davies in 7.
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When Exmouth’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Exmouth
20 more, 7 of them athletes.
William Francis de Vismes Kane
1840–1918English entomologist (1840 – 1918)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Teignmouth has the longest list next door: 24.
Questions about famous people from Exmouth
Who is the most famous person from Exmouth?
Pauline Collins (British actress (1940–2025)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 36 languages. Next come William Tidball and Hugh Seymour Davies.
How many famous people were born in Exmouth?
23 people born in Exmouth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Exmouth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 23. That is 35% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Exmouth?
Frederick Bond, born in 1811. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Exmouth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Exmouth’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 (16)
- Pauline Collins: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Tidball: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Seymour Davies: Unknown. Photograph from the Hugh Davies Collection at the Science Museum, London., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Grigg: Walter Stoneman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katrina Matthews: TurbulentMatter666, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pearl Carr: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Collett Leventhorpe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Stewart: Lawson Speedway, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Francis de Vismes Kane: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Gifford: Notman & Fraser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Bond: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharon Vennard: Tom Page from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Editha Knocker: Editha Knocker (Life time: born 1869), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Holman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Pym: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Courtenay: Jonathan Cardy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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