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Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Hamsterley, County Durham
Hamsterley has just one famous person to its name: Robert Peat
In 1775, the British clergyman Robert Peat was born. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Readers can find them written up in one language. Within 6 mi, Bishop Auckland lists the most: 95, with Ross Turnbull first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Robert Peat
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1775
Robert Peat
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Hamsterley
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Bishop Auckland has the most on record, with 95.
Bishop Auckland · 6 miRoss Turnbull & 94 more
Crook · 4 miJack Greenwell & 21 moreWAWillington · 6 miWilliam Ashurst & 10 more
Cockfield · 4 miJeremiah Dixon & 6 moreTAWest Auckland · 5 miTom Alderson & 6 moreAHTow Law · 5 miAlbert Ernest Hillary & 5 moreHBCoundon and Leeholme · 7 miHarry Bruce & 3 moreGWWolsingham · 5 miGordon Watson & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Hamsterley
Who is the most famous person from Hamsterley?
Robert Peat (British clergyman) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Hamsterley?
1 people born in Hamsterley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Hamsterley known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Hamsterley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hamsterley’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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