Photo: Anthony Parkes · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Evenwood
No entry yet names Evenwood as a birthplace. The nearest list is in Bishop Auckland, 4 mi away: 95 names, starting with Ross Turnbull. Durham has the most of any town in County Durham: 225. After Durham, the next longest list in County Durham is Stockton-on-Tees’, with 219.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Evenwood’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Evenwood yet.
Famous people born near Evenwood
Close by, Bishop Auckland counts 95 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Bishop Auckland · 4 miRoss Turnbull & 94 more
Crook · 6 miJack Greenwell & 21 moreBAShildon · 5 miBill Allison & 14 moreWAWillington · 7 miWilliam Ashurst & 10 moreTAWest Auckland · 2 miTom Alderson & 6 more
Cockfield · 2 miJeremiah Dixon & 6 moreHBCoundon and Leeholme · 6 miHarry Bruce & 3 moreCSHeighington · 6 miCharles Surtees & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Evenwood
Who counts as from Evenwood?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Evenwood’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)
- Ross Turnbull: Ross_Turnbull_in_2009.jpg: p_a_h from United Kingdom derivative work: Ytoyoda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Greenwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremiah Dixon: Illustrator unknown; published by Ginn and Company., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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