#1Famous people · Kingsbridge, Devon
Giselle Ansley tops a list of 11 famous people born in Kingsbridge
The best known is the British field hockey player Giselle Ansley, with articles in 19 languages. For every 10,000 residents there are 19.4 on the list, well above the typical Devon town’s 4.7. 3 were born in 1970 or later. Only 16 of the 83 towns in Devon with anyone on record list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Giselle Ansley
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1705
William Cookworthy
Youngest
1992
Ashley Yeoman
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Kingsbridge
Two of the three are athletes.
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#2Science & Medicine
John Wolcot
1738–1819British satirist and physician; his pseudonym was Peter Pindar
14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Sports
Mark Ellis
born 1988English association football player (born 1988)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Kingsbridge’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kingsbridge is known for
Scientists and doctors stand out most, at 3.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kingsbridge
Another 8, the earliest born in 1705.
Courtenay Ilbert
1841–1924British barrister, and olonial administrator; active in India
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
William Mitchell
1925–2002British physicist, professor of physics (1925–2002)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Kingsbridge
Who is the most famous person from Kingsbridge?
Giselle Ansley (British field hockey player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 19 languages. Next come John Wolcot and Mark Ellis.
How many famous people were born in Kingsbridge?
11 people born in Kingsbridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kingsbridge known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 11. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kingsbridge?
William Cookworthy, born in 1705. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Kingsbridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kingsbridge’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 (12)
- Giselle Ansley: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wolcot: John Opie (died 1807), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Ellis: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Cookworthy: John Opie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtenay Ilbert: Sydney Prior Hall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Scoble: Benjamin Haydon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Yeoman: Brisbanefootballboi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Bryce: Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Steve Owsley, USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Summerfield: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Savery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Peek: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Harbord: Film screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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