Photo: Trevor Littlewood · CC BY-SA 2.0New Brancepeth has yet to put a famous person on the list
Durham, 3 mi away, has 225 on its list, the best known Anthony Eden. No town in County Durham lists more than Durham, with 225. After Durham, the next longest list in County Durham is Stockton-on-Tees’, with 219. 73 towns across County Durham can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in New Brancepeth’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in New Brancepeth yet.
Famous people born near New Brancepeth
The fullest list close by belongs to Durham, with 225.
Durham · 3 miAnthony Eden & 224 more
Spennymoor · 5 miJohn Bain & 17 moreWAWillington · 4 miWilliam Ashurst & 10 more
Ushaw Moor and Bearpark · 1 miSammy Crooks & 8 moreGBBrandon · 2 miGeorge Bertram & 8 moreAAEsh Winning · 2 miAlf Agar & 7 moreGALangley Park · 2 miGeorge Ardley & 5 more
Sacriston · 4 miBobby Robson & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from New Brancepeth
Who counts as from New Brancepeth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside New Brancepeth’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)
- Anthony Eden: Walter Stoneman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bain: FlamingCow TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Crooks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Robson: rockface from Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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