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Andy Mitchell
1907–1971British association football player (1907-1971)
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Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Coxhoe, County Durham
4 famous people were born in Coxhoe
Most widely known is Andy Mitchell, the British association football player, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Jimmy Hughes and Cyril Ashton. The oldest name on the list belongs to Andy Mitchell, born in 1907, the newest to Percival Turnbull, born in 1953. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Andy Mitchell
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Andy Mitchell
Youngest
1953
Percival Turnbull
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Coxhoe
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Coxhoe’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1900s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Coxhoe is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Coxhoe
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Famous people from the towns next door
Ferryhill leads the towns around it, with 22 names.
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Spennymoor · 4 miJohn Bain & 17 moreMDTrimdon · 3 miMalcolm Dawes & 9 more
Wheatley Hill · 4 miEddie Hopkinson & 5 moreBETrimdon Grange · 3 miBill Edmunds & 4 moreTDCornforth · 1 miTommy Duff & 2 more
Bishop Middleham · 3 miHenry Taylor & 2 morePWFishburn · 4 miPaul Ward & 1 more
Spennymoor · 4 miJohn Bain & 17 moreMDTrimdon · 3 miMalcolm Dawes & 9 moreWheatley Hill · 4 miEddie Hopkinson & 5 moreBETrimdon Grange · 3 miBill Edmunds & 4 moreTDCornforth · 1 miTommy Duff & 2 moreBishop Middleham · 3 miHenry Taylor & 2 morePWFishburn · 4 miPaul Ward & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Coxhoe
Who is the most famous person from Coxhoe?
Andy Mitchell (British association football player (1907-1971)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Jimmy Hughes and Cyril Ashton.
How many famous people were born in Coxhoe?
4 people born in Coxhoe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Coxhoe known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coxhoe?
Andy Mitchell, born in 1907. The youngest on the list was born in 1953.
Who counts as from Coxhoe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Coxhoe’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 (3)
- John Bain: FlamingCow TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Hopkinson: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Taylor: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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