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Tractor passing the Golden Lion Inn, Tipton St JohnPhoto: Rob Purvis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Famous people · Tipton St John, Devon

Tipton St John has no famous person on record yet

Sidmouth, 3 mi away, has 16 on its list, the best known Edmund Leach. The longest list in Devon is Plymouth’s, with 565 names. After Plymouth, the next longest list in Devon is Exeter’s, with 303. 83 of the towns in Devon list at least one person.

Who’s listed here

We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Tipton St John’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Tipton St John as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.

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Famous people born near Tipton St John

The longest list nearby is Sidmouth’s, with 16.

Questions about famous people from Tipton St John

Who counts as from Tipton St John?

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tipton St John’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).

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