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Famous people · South Molton, Devon
From 1800 to 2001, South Molton was the birthplace of 5 famous people
The best known is the English rugby union player Emma Sing, with articles in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Charles Beckwith and Ethel Coleridge. Per head, the list is long: 8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Devon has 4.7. Emma Sing was born in 2001.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Emma Sing
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1800
Aaron Buzacott
Youngest
2001
Emma Sing
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in South Molton
Languages with an article: 5 for Emma Sing, 3 for Charles Beckwith, 3 for Ethel Coleridge.
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Through the years
When South Molton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What South Molton is known for
Sports 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 South Molton
Here are 2 more, born from 1800 to 1892.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
2 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from South Molton
Who is the most famous person from South Molton?
Emma Sing (English rugby union player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Charles Beckwith and Ethel Coleridge.
How many famous people were born in South Molton?
5 people born in South Molton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is South Molton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from South Molton?
Aaron Buzacott, born in 1800. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from South Molton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside South Molton’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 (2)
- Aaron Buzacott: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gay: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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