#1Famous people · Wembury, Devon
The polar explorer Antony Jinman is the one famous person from Wembury
In 1981, the polar explorer Antony Jinman was born. 2 languages have an article about them. Nearby, Plymouth, 5 mi away, lists 565, led by Robert Falcon Scott. Famous people are on record for 83 of the towns in Devon.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Antony Jinman
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1981
Antony Jinman
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Wembury
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Famous people from the towns next door
Plymouth leads the towns around it, with 565 names.
Questions about famous people from Wembury
Who is the most famous person from Wembury?
Antony Jinman (polar explorer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Wembury?
1 people born in Wembury have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Wembury known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Wembury?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wembury’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)
- Antony Jinman: Markrglover, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Falcon Scott: Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Summerfield: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Langdon Down: Sydney Hodges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Savery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheryll Murray: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Beale: Charles John Robertson (born 1779?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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