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Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Shaldon, Devon
3 famous people were born in Shaldon
Articles in 3 languages make the British Army officer Charles Parsons the best known. Behind the leader come Brian Evans and Charles Howard. Of its neighbours, Torquay, 4 mi away, lists the most: 117, Agatha Christie first. From Charles Howard to Brian Evans, the births on the list run from 1832 to 1920.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Charles Parsons
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
Charles Howard
Youngest
1920
Brian Evans
Most common field
Military
2 people
The best known
Born in Shaldon
Languages with an article: 3 for Charles Parsons, 1 for Brian Evans, 1 for Charles Howard.
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Known for
What Shaldon is known for
The largest field is Military, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Torquay lists the most people: 117.
Questions about famous people from Shaldon
Who is the most famous person from Shaldon?
Charles Parsons (British Army officer (1855-1923)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Brian Evans and Charles Howard.
How many famous people were born in Shaldon?
3 people born in Shaldon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Shaldon known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shaldon?
Charles Howard, born in 1832. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
Who counts as from Shaldon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shaldon’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)
- Agatha Christie: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Holman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Fortescue Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Diamond: DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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