HT#1
Sports
Henry Tristram
1861–1946English player of rugby union and cricket (1861-1946)
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Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Greatham, County Durham
2 famous people call Greatham their birthplace
Henry Tristram, the English player of rugby union and cricket, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The list has one more: the English footballer Harry Thoms. A short trip away, Middlesbrough (6 mi) counts 365 famous people, James Cook among them. Over 35 years of births, the list goes from Henry Tristram (1861) to Harry Thoms (1896).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Henry Tristram
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Henry Tristram
Youngest
1896
Harry Thoms
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Greatham
HT#2
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Middlesbrough: 365.
Middlesbrough · 6 miJames Cook & 364 more
Stockton-on-Tees · 6 miColin Renfrew & 218 more
Hartlepool · 3 miJanick Gers & 169 more
Eston · 6 miPaul Daniels & 36 more
Redcar · 7 miChris Norman & 32 more
Billingham · 3 miJamie Bell & 24 moreBUWingate · 8 miBarry Unsworth & 9 moreKFBlackhall Colliery · 8 miKen Felton & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Greatham
Who is the most famous person from Greatham?
Henry Tristram (English player of rugby union and cricket (1861-1946)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Harry Thoms.
How many famous people were born in Greatham?
2 people born in Greatham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Greatham 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 Greatham?
Henry Tristram, born in 1861. The youngest on the list was born in 1896.
Who counts as from Greatham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Greatham’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)
- James Cook: Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Renfrew: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janick Gers: Scott Penner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Daniels: eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Norman: Elke Wetzig Elya, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Bell: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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