#1Famous people · Kingswear, Devon
The Royal Navy admiral Herbert Fitzherbert is the one famous person from Kingswear
Herbert Fitzherbert, the Royal Navy admiral, was born in 1885. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Within 9 mi, Torquay lists the most: 117, with Agatha Christie first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Herbert Fitzherbert
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Herbert Fitzherbert
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Kingswear
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Torquay’s, at 117 names.
Questions about famous people from Kingswear
Who is the most famous person from Kingswear?
Herbert Fitzherbert (Royal Navy admiral (1885–1958)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Kingswear?
1 people born in Kingswear have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kingswear known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Kingswear?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kingswear’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)
- Herbert Fitzherbert: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, 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
- Ian Bryce: Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Steve Owsley, USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Giselle Ansley: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Gosling: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingythewingy/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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