Born in Plymouth
Plymouth
City in Devon, England
Plymouth as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. British diver, English actor, Royal Navy officer and explorer): Tom Daley, Donald Sinden, Robert Falcon Scott and some more.
Celebrities from PlymouthCelebrities from Plymouth
43 Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer
*June 6th, 1868 †March 29th, 1912, Ross Ice Shelf.jpg "Hoon Lee")
47
Stanley Bate
English composer and pianist (1911-1959)
*December 12th, 1911 †October 19th, 1959, London
54 Lewis Pugh
British-South African environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer
*December 5th, 1969_(363351929).jpg "Angela Rippon")
63 William Bligh
Officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)
*September 9th, 1754 †December 7th, 1817, London_-_Trevor_Francis.jpg "Trevor Francis")
69 Trevor Francis
English association football player and manager
*April 19th, 1954 †July 24th, 2023, Marbella
66 Richard Greene
British film and television actor (1918-1985)
*August 25th, 1918 †June 1st, 1985, Norfolk_2015.jpg "Jamie Lawson")
70 Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet
English colonial official, Governor of Bombay (1784-1854)
*June 21st, 1784 †September 19th, 1854, London
72 Charles Lock Eastlake
English painter, gallery director, collector and writer (1793-1865)
*November 17th, 1793 †December 24th, 1865, Pisa
45 Kevin Foster
British Conservative Party politician, MP for Torbay since 2015
*December 31st, 1978
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Dave Farrell
American bassist, member of the rock group Linkin Park (born 1977)
*February 8th, 1977
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71 Robert Stephen Hawker
Cornwall clergyman and poet (1803-1875)
*December 3rd, 1803 †August 15th, 1875, Plymouth
63 John Hawkins
English navigator, admiral, privateer and slave trader (1532-1595)
*January 1st, 1532 †November 12th, 1595, Puerto Rico
76
Robin Milner
British computer scientist (1934-2010)
*January 13th, 1934 †March 20th, 2010, Cambridge
75 Russell Kirk
American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and writer (1918–1994)
*October 19th, 1918 †April 29th, 1994, Macaranga 68
James Dickson
Australian politician and businessman, Premier of Queensland
*November 30th, 1832 †January 10th, 1901, Sydney 46
Tobias Furneaux
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1735-1781)
*August 21st, 1735 †September 18th, 1781, Plymouth 46
William Elford Leach
English zoologist and marine biologist
*February 2nd, 1790 †August 25th, 1836, San Sebastiano Curone 69
William Jessop
British civil engineer (1745-1814)
*January 23rd, 1745 †November 18th, 1814, Butterley Hall 60
Benjamin Haydon
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)
*January 26th, 1786 †June 22nd, 1846, London 91
Benjamin Wills Newton
English evangelist and author, influential in the Plymouth Brethren (1807-1899)
*December 12th, 1807 †June 26th, 1899, Royal Tunbridge Wells 79
William Lewis Douglas
US businessman and politician, Massachusetts (1845-1924)
*August 22nd, 1845 †September 17th, 1924, Brockton 71
Charles Coleman
British Army officer
*April 16th, 1903 †June 17th, 1974, Cambridge Military Hospital 74
J. C. Squire
British poet, writer, historian, and literary editor (1884-1958)
*April 2nd, 1884 †December 20th, 1958Birthdays of famous people
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