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Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Dipton, County Durham
5 famous people were born in Dipton
At the top of the list is the footballer John Craggs, covered in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Norman Brunskill and Teddy Buck. In the 20th century, 3 were born, the most of any period. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 18.8, close to the 12.7 of the typical County Durham town.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
John Craggs
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Jimmy Spink
Youngest
1946
John Craggs
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Dipton
The three are covered in 4, 4 and 4 languages: John Craggs, Norman Brunskill and Teddy Buck.
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Through the years
When Dipton’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 2.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dipton
2 more, best known first.
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 · 3 miLewis Miley & 34 more
Lanchester · 4 miDora Greenwell & 14 moreRCChopwell · 4 miRonnie Cairns & 12 more
Annfield Plain · 2 miAlun Armstrong & 10 more
Rowlands Gill · 3 miChris Ryan & 8 more
High Spen · 4 miStuart Bell & 8 more
Burnopfield · 2 miEddie Chapman & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Dipton
Who is the most famous person from Dipton?
John Craggs (footballer (born 1946)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Norman Brunskill and Teddy Buck.
How many famous people were born in Dipton?
5 people born in Dipton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dipton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 5. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dipton?
Jimmy Spink, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1946.
Who counts as from Dipton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dipton’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)
- Rowan Atkinson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Chris Ryan: James English, CC BY 3.0, 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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