Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0No one from Longnewton is on the famous people list yet
The nearest list is in Stockton-on-Tees, 4 mi away: 219 names, starting with Colin Renfrew. 73 of the towns in County Durham list at least one person. Durham has the most of any town in County Durham: 225.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Longnewton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Longnewton yet.
Famous people born near Longnewton
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Longnewton, with how many people each has.
Stockton-on-Tees · 4 miColin Renfrew & 218 more
Darlington · 6 miJames Morrison & 175 more
Billingham · 7 miJamie Bell & 24 more
Egglescliffe · 2 miCec Parkin & 3 more
Stillington · 4 miAnthony Carlisle & 1 moreDHHurworth-on-Tees · 6 miDon Harnby & 1 moreTHMiddleton St George · 3 miTommy HallNTIngleby Barwick · 4 miNathan ThomasQuestions about famous people from Longnewton
Who counts as from Longnewton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Longnewton’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)
- Colin Renfrew: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Morrison: Warwick Gastinger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Bell: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cec Parkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Carlisle: Henry Bone (6 Feb 1755-17 Dec 1834), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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