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Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Thurlestone, Devon
A single famous person was born in Thurlestone: Richard Trant
Richard Trant, the British Army general, was born in 1928. Their birth falls in the 20th century. An article about them exists in one language. For more famous names, Kingsbridge is 4 mi away: its list has 11, led by Giselle Ansley.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Richard Trant
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Richard Trant
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Thurlestone
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Kingsbridge has the most people on record, 11 of them.
Questions about famous people from Thurlestone
Who is the most famous person from Thurlestone?
Richard Trant (British Army general (1928–2007)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Thurlestone?
1 people born in Thurlestone have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Thurlestone known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Thurlestone?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Thurlestone’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 (6)
- Giselle Ansley: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Summerfield: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Savery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Peek: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Harbord: Film screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antony Jinman: Markrglover, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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