#1Film, TV & Stage
Rowan Atkinson
born 1955English actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1955)
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Famous people · Consett, County Durham
Rowan Atkinson and 76 more famous people were born in Consett
Rowan Atkinson has articles in 121 languages. 44 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. With 7 musicians, the list holds 1.8 times the share found across UK towns. Births since 1970 account for 28 of the names.
Born here
77
notable people
Best known
Rowan Atkinson
in 121 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
George John Smith
Youngest
1997
Michael Ledger
Most common field
Sports
56 people
What stands out about Consett’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Consett
By how many languages cover them, Rowan Atkinson comes first (121), then Mark Clattenburg (34) and John Herdman (26).
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#3Through the years
When Consett’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 11.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotableMilitaryFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Consett is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Consett
Here are 74 more, born from 1862 to 1997.
Ronald Maddison
1933–1953Royal Air Force engineer who died while acting as a volunteer human 'guinea pig'
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Christopher Lowson
born 1953Bishop of Lincoln; Archdeacon of Portsdown/Portsmouth; British Anglican bishop
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Lanchester counts 15 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Lanchester · 4 miDora Greenwell & 14 moreRCChopwell · 5 miRonnie Cairns & 12 more
Annfield Plain · 4 miAlun Armstrong & 10 more
High Spen · 6 miStuart Bell & 8 more
Burnopfield · 5 miEddie Chapman & 6 moreBCLeadgate · 1 miBenny Craig & 5 moreJCDipton · 4 miJohn Craggs & 4 moreJCMedomsley · 2 miJohn Charles & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Consett
Who is the most famous person from Consett?
Rowan Atkinson (English actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1955)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 121 languages. Next come Mark Clattenburg and John Herdman.
How many famous people were born in Consett?
77 people born in Consett have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 81 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Consett known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 56 of the 77. That is 73% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Consett?
George John Smith, born in 1862. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Consett?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Consett’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 (25)
- Rowan Atkinson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Clattenburg: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Herdman: Hossein Zohrevand, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Collingwood: Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Campbell: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Venison: User:RoverTheBendInSussex, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Hawkins: Wolfgang Jekel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beverly Priestman: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chantelle Handy: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Gilliead: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Clark: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Wilson: Harry Pot for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Ridley: Voello, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mica McNeill: Lou6977, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Grimes: Darren Grimes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George John Smith: photo by Wrigglesworth and Binns, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Lowson: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Tait: Jack86mkII, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitch Laddie: Thetestdream, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ranald Macdonald: Unknown (Crown Studios of Wellington), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Thompson: Steve Thompson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dora Greenwell: Roshni Ravi Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alun Armstrong: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Bell: Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Chapman: Unknown British photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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