Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Next door to Hobson, Stanley lists 35 famous people
Of the famous people on record, none was born in Hobson. Famous people are on record for 73 of the towns in County Durham. 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 Hobson’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Hobson yet.
Famous people born near Hobson
Close by, Stanley counts 35 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Annfield Plain · 2 miAlun Armstrong & 10 more
Rowlands Gill · 2 miChris Ryan & 8 more
High Spen · 3 miStuart Bell & 8 more
Burnopfield · 1 miEddie Chapman & 6 moreBCLeadgate · 4 miBenny Craig & 5 moreJCDipton · 1 miJohn Craggs & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Hobson
Who counts as from Hobson?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hobson’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 (4)
- Alun Armstrong: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Ryan: James English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Bell: Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Chapman: Unknown British photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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