Photo: Sealman at English Wikipedia · Public domainNo one from Kilmington is on the famous people list yet
Honiton, 7 mi away, has 15 on its list, the best known Joanne Pavey. In Devon, 83 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Devon belongs to Plymouth, with 565. After Plymouth, the next longest list in Devon is Exeter’s, with 303.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Kilmington’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Kilmington yet.
Famous people born near Kilmington
The fullest list close by belongs to Honiton, with 15.
Honiton · 7 miJoanne Pavey & 14 more
Lyme Regis · 6 miMary Anning & 8 more
Chard · 8 miMargaret Bondfield & 6 moreJDSeaton · 5 miJohn Denham & 5 more
Colyton · 3 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 more
Axminster · 2 miWilliam Buckland & 1 moreATUplyme · 5 miAlfred TemplemanWWBeer · 6 miWilliam Henry WoodgateQuestions about famous people from Kilmington
Who counts as from Kilmington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilmington’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)
- Joanne Pavey: SNappa2006, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Anning: Credited to 'Mr. Grey' in Crispin Tickell's book 'Mary Anning of Lyme Regis' (1996), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Bondfield: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet: Edmund Scott, published by Samuel William Fores, after Mather Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Buckland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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