#1Politics & Law
Edith Splatt
1873–1945Exeter councillor who had led tram protest
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Famous people · Kenton, Devon
Edith Splatt, born in 1873, is Kenton’s famous person on record
Edith Splatt, the exeter councillor who had led tram protest, was born in 1873. That places their birth in the Victorian era. 2 languages have an article about them. Of its neighbours, Teignmouth, 6 mi away, lists the most: 24, John Pulman first.
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Edith Splatt
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Edith Splatt
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Teignmouth has the most on record, with 24.
JPTeignmouth · 6 miJohn Pulman & 23 more
Exmouth · 3 miPauline Collins & 22 more
Dawlish · 4 miFrederick Holman & 13 more
Topsham · 3 miDick Pym & 6 more
Exminster · 3 miWilliam Courtenay & 3 moreJNLympstone · 2 miJohn Nutt & 1 more
Chudleigh · 6 miEdward Fortescue Wright & 1 moreHBWoodbury · 4 miHiley Bamsey
Exmouth · 3 miPauline Collins & 22 moreDawlish · 4 miFrederick Holman & 13 moreTopsham · 3 miDick Pym & 6 moreExminster · 3 miWilliam Courtenay & 3 moreJNLympstone · 2 miJohn Nutt & 1 moreChudleigh · 6 miEdward Fortescue Wright & 1 moreHBWoodbury · 4 miHiley BamseyQuestions about famous people from Kenton
Who is the most famous person from Kenton?
Edith Splatt (exeter councillor who had led tram protest) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Kenton?
1 people born in Kenton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kenton known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Kenton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kenton’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 (6)
- Edith Splatt: Public domain, 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
- Edward Fortescue Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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