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Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Silverton, Devon
Harold Blackmore is the only name on the Silverton list
Harold Blackmore, the footballer, was born in 1904. Their birth falls in the 20th century. 5 languages have an article about them. Of its neighbours, Exeter, 7 mi away, lists the most: 303, Chris Martin first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Harold Blackmore
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Harold Blackmore
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Silverton
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Exeter’s, at 303 names.
Questions about famous people from Silverton
Who is the most famous person from Silverton?
Harold Blackmore (footballer (1904-1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Silverton?
1 people born in Silverton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Silverton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Silverton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Silverton’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)
- Chris Martin: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Mitchell: Le Miroir des Sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Boniface: Cornelis Bloemaert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- De Lacy O'Leary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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