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Famous people · Esh Winning, County Durham
Athletes stand out among the 8 famous people born in Esh Winning
At the top of the list is the English footballer Alf Agar, covered in 9 languages. The English footballer Charles Coates ranks second, ahead of Pat Glass. The largest group, 7, was born in the 20th century. The list runs from Bill Hopkins, born in 1888, to Pat Glass, born in 1956.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Alf Agar
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Bill Hopkins
Youngest
1956
Pat Glass
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Esh Winning’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Esh Winning is known for
Esh Winning has 1.5× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Esh Winning
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Esh Winning’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Esh Winning
Another 5, 4 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
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Sacriston · 5 miBobby Robson & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Esh Winning
Who is the most famous person from Esh Winning?
Alf Agar (English footballer (1904-1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Charles Coates and Pat Glass.
How many famous people were born in Esh Winning?
8 people born in Esh Winning have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Esh Winning known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 8. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Esh Winning?
Bill Hopkins, born in 1888. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
Who counts as from Esh Winning?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Esh Winning’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)
- Pat Glass: Jude and Paul, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Greenwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dora Greenwell: Roshni Ravi Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Crooks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Robson: rockface from Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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