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Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Fishburn, County Durham
2 famous people call Fishburn their birthplace
Paul Ward, the English footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The other is Irving Nattrass, the English footballer. From Irving Nattrass to Paul Ward, the births on the list run from 1952 to 1963. Within 5 mi, Ferryhill lists the most: 22, with Eric Gates first.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Paul Ward
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1952
Irving Nattrass
Youngest
1963
Paul Ward
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Fishburn
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Ferryhill has the longest list next door: 22.
EGFerryhill · 5 miEric Gates & 21 more
Sedgefield · 2 miMark Gatiss & 14 moreMDTrimdon · 1 miMalcolm Dawes & 9 moreBUWingate · 4 miBarry Unsworth & 9 more
Wheatley Hill · 4 miEddie Hopkinson & 5 moreBETrimdon Grange · 2 miBill Edmunds & 4 moreAMCoxhoe · 4 miAndy Mitchell & 3 more
Bishop Middleham · 2 miHenry Taylor & 2 more
Sedgefield · 2 miMark Gatiss & 14 moreMDTrimdon · 1 miMalcolm Dawes & 9 moreBUWingate · 4 miBarry Unsworth & 9 moreWheatley Hill · 4 miEddie Hopkinson & 5 moreBETrimdon Grange · 2 miBill Edmunds & 4 moreAMCoxhoe · 4 miAndy Mitchell & 3 moreBishop Middleham · 2 miHenry Taylor & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Fishburn
Who is the most famous person from Fishburn?
Paul Ward (English footballer (born 1963)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Irving Nattrass.
How many famous people were born in Fishburn?
2 people born in Fishburn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fishburn known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fishburn?
Irving Nattrass, born in 1952. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Fishburn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fishburn’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)
- Mark Gatiss: zeropuntosedici (Sara Zizza), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Hopkinson: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Taylor: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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