#1Famous people · Sidbury, Devon
2 famous people were born in Sidbury
Most widely known is William Hayman Cummings, the British musician, with articles in 7 languages. One more name completes the list: Louisa Parsons. Go 2 mi to Sidmouth and the list grows to 16, with Edmund Leach at the top. Born in 1831, William Hayman Cummings is the first name on record, and Louisa Parsons, born in 1855, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
William Hayman Cummings
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1831
William Hayman Cummings
Youngest
1855
Louisa Parsons
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Sidbury
#1#2Science & Medicine
Louisa Parsons
1855–1916British nurse 1855 - 1916 notable at the University of Maryland
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Known for
What Sidbury is known for
Musicians are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
Nearby, Sidmouth has the most on record, with 16.
Questions about famous people from Sidbury
Who is the most famous person from Sidbury?
William Hayman Cummings (British musician (1831–1915)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Louisa Parsons.
How many famous people were born in Sidbury?
2 people born in Sidbury have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Sidbury known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sidbury?
William Hayman Cummings, born in 1831. The youngest on the list was born in 1855.
Who counts as from Sidbury?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sidbury’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)
- William Hayman Cummings: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louisa Parsons: 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
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet: Edmund Scott, published by Samuel William Fores, after Mather Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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