#1Famous people · Petrockstowe, Devon
Petrockstowe has one famous person on record
The British army general Charles Woollcombe was born in 1857. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. Just 11 mi away, Bideford’s list holds 29 names, Richard Grenville the best known.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Charles Woollcombe
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1857
Charles Woollcombe
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Petrockstowe
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Bideford lists the most people: 29.
Questions about famous people from Petrockstowe
Who is the most famous person from Petrockstowe?
Charles Woollcombe (British army general) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Petrockstowe?
1 people born in Petrockstowe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Petrockstowe 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 Petrockstowe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Petrockstowe’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 (4)
- Charles Woollcombe: Francis Dodd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Grenville: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Johnson Cory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Churchward: Domínio público. Foto muito antiga, do primeiro quartel do século 19., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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