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Parish Church of St Swithun · Photo: Delta 51 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Woodbury, Devon
Woodbury, birthplace of the footballer Hiley Bamsey
Hiley Bamsey, the footballer, was born in 1916. Their birth falls in the 20th century. 3 languages have an article about them. A short trip away, Exmouth (3 mi) counts 23 famous people, Pauline Collins among them.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Hiley Bamsey
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Hiley Bamsey
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Woodbury
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Woodbury
Who is the most famous person from Woodbury?
Hiley Bamsey (footballer (1916-1943)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Woodbury?
1 people born in Woodbury have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Woodbury known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Woodbury?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Woodbury’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 (3)
- Pauline Collins: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Pym: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Courtenay: Jonathan Cardy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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