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Jason Steele
born 1990English association football player (born 1990)
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Famous people · Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
Of the 8 famous people born in Newton Aycliffe, an unusual share are athletes
Most widely known is Jason Steele, the English association football player, with articles in 25 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 5 in all. The earliest on the list is Danny Hooper, born in 1893, and the youngest Lewis Wing, born in 1995. The list comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 residents, below the 12.7 of the typical town in County Durham.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Jason Steele
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1893
Danny Hooper
Youngest
1995
Lewis Wing
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Newton Aycliffe’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Newton Aycliffe’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Newton Aycliffe is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Newton Aycliffe
The three are covered in 25, 6 and 6 languages: Jason Steele, Kate Avery and Lewis Wing.
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Lewis Wing
born 1995English association football player (born 1995)
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Newton Aycliffe
A further 5 follow, born between 1893 and 1986.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Bishop Auckland lists the most people: 95.
Bishop Auckland · 5 miRoss Turnbull & 94 moreEGFerryhill · 4 miEric Gates & 21 more
Spennymoor · 6 miJohn Bain & 17 moreBAShildon · 3 miBill Allison & 14 more
Sedgefield · 5 miMark Gatiss & 14 moreTAWest Auckland · 6 miTom Alderson & 6 moreHBCoundon and Leeholme · 4 miHarry Bruce & 3 moreCSHeighington · 3 miCharles Surtees & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Newton Aycliffe
Who is the most famous person from Newton Aycliffe?
Jason Steele (English association football player (born 1990)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 25 languages. Next come Kate Avery and Lewis Wing.
How many famous people were born in Newton Aycliffe?
8 people born in Newton Aycliffe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Newton Aycliffe known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 8. That is 88% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newton Aycliffe?
Danny Hooper, born in 1893. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Newton Aycliffe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newton Aycliffe’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 (7)
- Jason Steele: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Avery: Rory, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Wing: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Blackburn: Flesco, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Turnbull: Ross_Turnbull_in_2009.jpg: p_a_h from United Kingdom derivative work: Ytoyoda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bain: FlamingCow TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Gatiss: zeropuntosedici (Sara Zizza), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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