#1Famous people · Annfield Plain, County Durham
Of the 11 famous people born in Annfield Plain, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the English actor Alun Armstrong, covered in 21 languages. Glenn McCrory and Billy Donkin follow. Most were born in the 20th century: 8 of them. Born in 1890, Thomas Elliott is the first name on record, and Glenn McCrory, born in 1964, the most recent.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Alun Armstrong
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Thomas Elliott
Youngest
1964
Glenn McCrory
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Annfield Plain’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Annfield Plain is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Annfield Plain
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Annfield Plain’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1900s, with 4 births.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Annfield Plain
The rest number 8, with 8 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Consett’s, with 77.
Consett · 4 miRowan Atkinson & 76 moreLMStanley · 2 miLewis Miley & 34 more
Lanchester · 3 miDora Greenwell & 14 more
Rowlands Gill · 4 miChris Ryan & 8 more
Burnopfield · 3 miEddie Chapman & 6 moreBCLeadgate · 3 miBenny Craig & 5 moreJCDipton · 2 miJohn Craggs & 4 moreJCMedomsley · 3 miJohn Charles & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Annfield Plain
Who is the most famous person from Annfield Plain?
Alun Armstrong (English actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 21 languages. Next come Glenn McCrory and Billy Donkin.
How many famous people were born in Annfield Plain?
11 people born in Annfield Plain have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Annfield Plain known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 11. That is 91% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Annfield Plain?
Thomas Elliott, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1964.
Who counts as from Annfield Plain?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Annfield Plain’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 (6)
- Alun Armstrong: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Elliott: Thebees1889, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowan Atkinson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dora Greenwell: Roshni Ravi Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Ryan: James English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Chapman: Unknown British photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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