#1Science & Medicine
Ian Diamond
born 1954British statistician and academic; chief executive, UK Statistics Authority
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Famous people · Kingskerswell, Devon
Ian Diamond, born in 1954, is Kingskerswell’s famous person on record
Ian Diamond was born in 1954. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. A short trip away, Torquay (3 mi) counts 117 famous people, Agatha Christie among them.
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Ian Diamond
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1954
Ian Diamond
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Kingskerswell
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Torquay has the most people on record, 117 of them.
Questions about famous people from Kingskerswell
Who is the most famous person from Kingskerswell?
Ian Diamond (British statistician and academic; chief executive, UK Statistics Authority) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Kingskerswell?
1 people born in Kingskerswell have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kingskerswell known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Kingskerswell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kingskerswell’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 (3)
- Ian Diamond: DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Agatha Christie: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sue Barker: Flickr user Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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