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Famous people · Peterlee, County Durham
The 7 famous people born in Peterlee, led by Gina McKee
Articles in 25 languages make the British actress Gina McKee the best known. Eddy Huntington is second and Callum Cooke third. 5 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Gina McKee
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1964
Gina McKee
Youngest
1997
Callum Cooke
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Peterlee’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Peterlee’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 5.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Peterlee
Gina McKee leads with articles in 25 languages, ahead of Eddy Huntington (13) and Callum Cooke (7).
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#3Sports
Callum Cooke
born 1997British association football player (born 1997)
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Peterlee is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Peterlee
Of the other 4, 2 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
SAHorden · 1 miStan Anderson & 17 moreBUWingate · 3 miBarry Unsworth & 9 moreKFBlackhall Colliery · 2 miKen Felton & 5 more
Wheatley Hill · 3 miEddie Hopkinson & 5 more
Haswell · 3 miTom Simpson & 4 moreTDSouth Hetton · 4 miTrevor Dance & 4 moreBETrimdon Grange · 5 miBill Edmunds & 4 moreJAShotton Colliery · 2 miJim Appleby & 1 more
Wheatley Hill · 3 miEddie Hopkinson & 5 moreHaswell · 3 miTom Simpson & 4 moreTDSouth Hetton · 4 miTrevor Dance & 4 moreBETrimdon Grange · 5 miBill Edmunds & 4 moreJAShotton Colliery · 2 miJim Appleby & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Peterlee
Who is the most famous person from Peterlee?
Gina McKee (British actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 25 languages. Next come Eddy Huntington and Callum Cooke.
How many famous people were born in Peterlee?
7 people born in Peterlee have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Peterlee known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Peterlee?
Gina McKee, born in 1964. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Peterlee?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Peterlee’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)
- Callum Cooke: Poolie22, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Hoban: Policy Exchange, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfie Joey: Steve Bowbrick, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Hopkinson: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Simpson: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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