Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Frosterley is listed yet
Within 10 mi, Consett lists the most: 77, with Rowan Atkinson first. In County Durham, 73 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in County Durham is Durham’s, with 225 names. 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 Frosterley’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Frosterley yet.
Famous people born near Frosterley
The neighbour with the most names is Consett, at 77.
Consett · 10 miRowan Atkinson & 76 more
Crook · 9 miJack Greenwell & 21 more
Lanchester · 11 miDora Greenwell & 14 moreAAEsh Winning · 10 miAlf Agar & 7 more
Cockfield · 10 miJeremiah Dixon & 6 moreAHTow Law · 6 miAlbert Ernest Hillary & 5 moreGWWolsingham · 3 miGordon Watson & 2 more
Stanhope · 2 miHenry H. Slater & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Frosterley
Who counts as from Frosterley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Frosterley’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)
- Rowan Atkinson: Eva Rinaldi, 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
- Jeremiah Dixon: Illustrator unknown; published by Ginn and Company., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry H. Slater: Henry H. Slater (1851–1934), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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