Church of St John the Baptist · Photo: Owain.davies · CC BY 3.0Lustleigh has no famous person on record yet
A short trip away, Ashburton (7 mi) counts 9 famous people, Richard Carlile among them. 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. Across Devon, the lists cover 83 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Lustleigh’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Lustleigh yet.
Famous people born near Lustleigh
Ashburton has the longest list next door: 9.
Ashburton · 7 miRichard Carlile & 8 moreAHBovey Tracey · 3 miArnold Wienholt Hodson & 3 more
Chagford · 6 miJohn Endecott & 3 more
Moretonhampstead · 4 miJames Jackson & 2 moreHBKingsteignton · 7 miHenry Beeke & 2 more
Chudleigh · 5 miEdward Fortescue Wright & 1 moreHKNewton Abbot · 8 miHenry Kitson
Denbury · 8 miLettice CurtisQuestions about famous people from Lustleigh
Who counts as from Lustleigh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lustleigh’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)
- Richard Carlile: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Endecott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Jackson: Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852, artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Fortescue Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lettice Curtis: RAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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