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Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Strete, Devon
Strete has one famous person on record
Simon Milward, the British motorcycle rider, was born in 1965. That places their birth in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. Of its neighbours, Paignton, 9 mi away, lists the most: 28, Sue Barker first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Simon Milward
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1965
Simon Milward
The best known
Born in Strete
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Paignton, with 28.
Questions about famous people from Strete
Who is the most famous person from Strete?
Simon Milward (British motorcycle rider (1965–2005)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Strete?
1 people born in Strete have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who counts as from Strete?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Strete’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 (7)
- Sue Barker: Flickr user Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Bryce: Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Steve Owsley, USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Giselle Ansley: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Gosling: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingythewingy/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Savery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Peek: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Harbord: Film screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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