#1Famous people · Topsham, Devon
7 famous people were born in Topsham from 1796 to 1947
The best known is the English footballer Dick Pym, with articles in 10 languages. Gilbert Thomas Carter is second and Anne Ward third. Most were born in the Georgian era: 4 of them. Per head, the list is long: 16.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Devon has 4.7.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Dick Pym
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1796
William Webb Follett
Youngest
1947
Julian Piper
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Topsham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Topsham’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1790s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawMilitarySportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Topsham
Leaders take two of the three places.
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#2Politics & Law
Gilbert Thomas Carter
1848–1927Administrator of the Government of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago, and its Dependencies in the absence of the Governor. (1848-1927)
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Known for
What Topsham is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 4.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Topsham
Here are 4 more, born from 1796 to 1947.
No one matches both filters.
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 Topsham
Who is the most famous person from Topsham?
Dick Pym (English footballer (1893-1988)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Gilbert Thomas Carter and Anne Ward.
How many famous people were born in Topsham?
7 people born in Topsham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Topsham known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Topsham?
William Webb Follett, born in 1796. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
Who counts as from Topsham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Topsham’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 (8)
- Dick Pym: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Thomas Carter: Scan by the contributor of photo (Duncanogi at en.wikipedia) by his now-deceased mother Doris Ogilvie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Webb Follett: Martin Archer Shee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Warren: Colesworthey Grant (died 1880), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Piper: Lucy Piper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Martin: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Collins: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Courtenay: Jonathan Cardy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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