Fordton Farmhouse · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0Famous people near Whimple: 11 in Ottery St Mary
So far, no famous person on record was born in Whimple. Famous people are on record for 83 of the towns in Devon. The longest list in Devon is Plymouth’s, with 565 names. Exeter has the second-longest list in Devon, after Plymouth, with 303.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Whimple’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Whimple yet.
Famous people born near Whimple
Nearby, Ottery St Mary has the most on record, with 11.
Questions about famous people from Whimple
Who counts as from Whimple?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whimple’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 (2)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Samuel Cousins / After Washington Allston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- De Lacy O'Leary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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