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Jack Greenwell
1884–1942English footballer and manager (1884-1942)
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Famous people · Crook, County Durham
22 famous people were born in Crook, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the English footballer and manager Jack Greenwell, with articles in 20 languages. Second place goes to the football player Jack Alderson, third to Archie Campbell. The largest group, 15, was born in the 20th century. The earliest on the list is Jack Greenwell, born in 1884, and the youngest Jack Howarth, born in 1945.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Jack Greenwell
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Jack Greenwell
Youngest
1945
Jack Howarth
Most common field
Sports
19 people
What stands out about Crook’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Crook is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Crook
The three best known are all athletes.
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Through the years
When Crook’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1890s come out on top, with 5 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Crook
19 more names, born between 1892 and 1945.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Bishop Auckland, at 95.
Bishop Auckland · 5 miRoss Turnbull & 94 more
Spennymoor · 6 miJohn Bain & 17 moreWAWillington · 2 miWilliam Ashurst & 10 moreGBBrandon · 6 miGeorge Bertram & 8 moreAAEsh Winning · 4 miAlf Agar & 7 moreTAWest Auckland · 6 miTom Alderson & 6 moreAHTow Law · 4 miAlbert Ernest Hillary & 5 moreHBCoundon and Leeholme · 6 miHarry Bruce & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Crook
Who is the most famous person from Crook?
Jack Greenwell (English footballer and manager (1884-1942)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 20 languages. Next come Jack Alderson and Archie Campbell.
How many famous people were born in Crook?
22 people born in Crook have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 24 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Crook known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 19 of the 22. That is 86% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Crook?
Jack Greenwell, born in 1884. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Crook?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Crook’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 (5)
- Jack Greenwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Parkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Taylor: Jamtay (Uploads), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Turnbull: Ross_Turnbull_in_2009.jpg: p_a_h from United Kingdom derivative work: Ytoyoda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bain: FlamingCow TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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