#1Film, TV & Stage
Mark Gatiss
born 1966British actor, screenwriter and novelist
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Famous people · Sedgefield, County Durham
Athletes stand out among the 15 famous people born in Sedgefield
With articles in 37 languages, Mark Gatiss is the most widely known. Second and third on the list are Peter Willey and Gordon Jones. In the 20th century, 13 were born, the most of any period. Aidan Davison, born in 1968, is the youngest, and Joe Simpson, born in 1856, the first on record.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Mark Gatiss
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
Joe Simpson
Youngest
1968
Aidan Davison
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Sedgefield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sedgefield is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Sedgefield’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sedgefield
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Sedgefield
Another 12, 10 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Ferryhill has the most on record: 22.
EGFerryhill · 4 miEric Gates & 21 moreMDTrimdon · 3 miMalcolm Dawes & 9 moreBETrimdon Grange · 4 miBill Edmunds & 4 moreAMCoxhoe · 5 miAndy Mitchell & 3 more
Bishop Middleham · 2 miHenry Taylor & 2 moreTDCornforth · 4 miTommy Duff & 2 morePWFishburn · 2 miPaul Ward & 1 more
Stillington · 4 miAnthony Carlisle & 1 more
Bishop Middleham · 2 miHenry Taylor & 2 moreTDCornforth · 4 miTommy Duff & 2 morePWFishburn · 2 miPaul Ward & 1 moreStillington · 4 miAnthony Carlisle & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Sedgefield
Who is the most famous person from Sedgefield?
Mark Gatiss (British actor, screenwriter and novelist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 37 languages. Next come Peter Willey and Gordon Jones.
How many famous people were born in Sedgefield?
15 people born in Sedgefield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Sedgefield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 12 of the 15. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sedgefield?
Joe Simpson, born in 1856. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
Who counts as from Sedgefield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sedgefield’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)
- Mark Gatiss: zeropuntosedici (Sara Zizza), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aidan Davison: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Hockaday: Bruce Fenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Taylor: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Carlisle: Henry Bone (6 Feb 1755-17 Dec 1834), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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