Exton Farmhouse · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0No famous person from Exton yet, but Exeter next door has 303
83 of the towns in Devon list at least one person. The longest list in Devon is Plymouth’s, with 565 names. Exeter’s list is led by Chris Martin.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Exton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Exton yet.
Famous people born near Exton
Nearby, Exeter has the most on record, with 303.
Questions about famous people from Exton
Who counts as from Exton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Exton’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 (5)
- Chris Martin: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Collins: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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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