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Photo: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Lifton, Devon
Lifton is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 6 languages make the British cricketer Robert Arundell the best known. The only other name is the English cricketer Henry Martyn. The first birth on record is Henry Martyn’s, in 1877, and the last Robert Arundell’s, in 1904. Just 9 mi away, Tavistock’s list holds 34 names, Francis Drake the best known.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Robert Arundell
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
Henry Martyn
Youngest
1904
Robert Arundell
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Lifton
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Tavistock’s, at 34 names.
Questions about famous people from Lifton
Who is the most famous person from Lifton?
Robert Arundell (British cricketer (1904-1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Henry Martyn.
How many famous people were born in Lifton?
2 people born in Lifton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lifton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lifton?
Henry Martyn, born in 1877. The youngest on the list was born in 1904.
Who counts as from Lifton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lifton’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 (2)
- Francis Drake: Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ball Barratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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