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Famous people · Medomsley, County Durham
4 famous people call Medomsley their birthplace
The best known is the British doctor John Charles, with articles in 4 languages. The next two names are Leslie Cant and Alf Fenwick. The list runs from Alf Fenwick, born in 1891, to Leslie Cant, born in 1908. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Charles
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Alf Fenwick
Youngest
1908
Leslie Cant
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Medomsley
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Medomsley’s famous people were born
The 1890s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Medomsley is known for
Medomsley has 1.5× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Medomsley
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Consett counts 77 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Consett · 2 miRowan Atkinson & 76 moreLMStanley · 5 miLewis Miley & 34 moreRCChopwell · 3 miRonnie Cairns & 12 more
Annfield Plain · 3 miAlun Armstrong & 10 more
High Spen · 3 miStuart Bell & 8 more
Rowlands Gill · 4 miChris Ryan & 8 more
Burnopfield · 3 miEddie Chapman & 6 moreBCLeadgate · 2 miBenny Craig & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Medomsley
Who is the most famous person from Medomsley?
John Charles (British doctor (1893–1971)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Leslie Cant and Alf Fenwick.
How many famous people were born in Medomsley?
4 people born in Medomsley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Medomsley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Medomsley?
Alf Fenwick, born in 1891. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.
Who counts as from Medomsley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Medomsley’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)
- Leslie Cant: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowan Atkinson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alun Armstrong: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Bell: Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Ryan: James English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Chapman: Unknown British photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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