1. Richard Grenville (1542)

Politician

English soldier, politician, and explorer who helped to colonize the New World and died fighting the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Flores.

2. Gary Sawyer (1985)

English Footballer

Gary Dean Sawyer is an English footballer who plays for Football League One club Leyton Orient as a defender having previously played for Plymouth Argyle Weymouth Exeter City Bristol City...

3. George Braund (1866)

Australian Soldier And Politicia

George Frederick Braund was an Australian soldier and politician.

4. John Nott (1932)

British Politician

Sir John William Frederic Nott KCB is a former British Conservative Party politician prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He featured heavily in the public eye as Secretary...

5. Frank D. Baker (1852)

American Politician

D. Baker was a Michigan politician. He was an active member in the Odd Fellows Masons and Knights of the Maccabees.

6. Roy Kift (1943)

Writer

Roy Kift in Bideford Devon is an English writer.

7. Montague Edward Smith (1806)

British Politician

Sir Montague Edward Smith PC QC was a British barrister and judge who served as one of the last Justices of the Court of Common Pleas.

8. Evan Durbin (1906)

British Politician

Evan Frank Mottram Durbin was a British economist and left-wing politician whose writings combined a belief in central economic planning with a conviction that the price mechanism of markets was...

9. Graham James (1951)

Actor

10. Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1952) (1952)

English Footballer And Manager

James Jimmy Mullen is an English football manager who last managed at Market Drayton Town.

11. Matthew Allin (1978)

Cricketer

Matthew Lee Allin was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played List A cricket for Devon. He was born in Bideford. Allin made two appearances...