People from Devon

English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)

English inventor and engineer

Pallig (fl. 1001) was a Danish chieftain who joined the service of King Æthelred the Unready of England but deserted to join a Viking raid. He was said to have been the husband of Gunhilde, the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, and to have been killed along with her in the St Brice's Day massacre in 1002.

Author, Journalist and Sportsman (1870-1907)