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Politics & Law
John Denham
born 1953British Labour Party politician (born 1953)
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Famous people · Seaton, Devon
The 6 famous people born in Seaton, led by John Denham
John Denham, the British Labour Party politician, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are M. J. Coldwell and Nellie Marcia Lane Foster. Most were born in the 20th century: 4 of them. Per head, the list is long: 8.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Devon has 4.7.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
John Denham
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
M. J. Coldwell
Youngest
1968
James May
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Seaton
Leaders take two of the three places.
#2Politics & Law
M. J. Coldwell
1888–1974Canadian politician (1888–1974)
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
NF#3
Through the years
When Seaton’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Seaton is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Seaton
Another 3, the earliest born in 1925.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Sidmouth’s, at 16 names.
ELSidmouth · 7 miEdmund Leach & 15 more
Honiton · 8 miJoanne Pavey & 14 more
Ottery St Mary · 9 miSamuel Taylor Coleridge & 10 more
Lyme Regis · 6 miMary Anning & 8 more
Colyton · 2 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 more
Axminster · 6 miWilliam Buckland & 1 moreWWBeer · 1 miWilliam Henry WoodgateATUplyme · 5 miAlfred Templeman
Honiton · 8 miJoanne Pavey & 14 moreOttery St Mary · 9 miSamuel Taylor Coleridge & 10 moreLyme Regis · 6 miMary Anning & 8 moreColyton · 2 miSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet & 4 moreAxminster · 6 miWilliam Buckland & 1 moreWWBeer · 1 miWilliam Henry WoodgateATUplyme · 5 miAlfred TemplemanQuestions about famous people from Seaton
Who is the most famous person from Seaton?
John Denham (British Labour Party politician (born 1953)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come M. J. Coldwell and Nellie Marcia Lane Foster.
How many famous people were born in Seaton?
6 people born in Seaton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Seaton known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Seaton?
M. J. Coldwell, born in 1888. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
Who counts as from Seaton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Seaton’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)
- M. J. Coldwell: unknown (crop by Abebenjoe), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanne Pavey: SNappa2006, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Samuel Cousins / After Washington Allston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Anning: Credited to 'Mr. Grey' in Crispin Tickell's book 'Mary Anning of Lyme Regis' (1996), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet: Edmund Scott, published by Samuel William Fores, after Mather Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Buckland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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