Photo: Dun Holm · Public domainNo famous person from Sherburn Hill yet, but Hetton-le-Hole next door has 37
In all of County Durham, the famous people on record come from 73 towns. The longest list of any town in County Durham belongs to Durham, with 225. Stockton-on-Tees has the second-longest list in County Durham, after Durham, with 219. The best known born in Hetton-le-Hole is Bob Paisley.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Sherburn Hill’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Sherburn Hill yet.
Famous people born near Sherburn Hill
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Sherburn Hill
Who counts as from Sherburn Hill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sherburn Hill’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)
- Bob Paisley: Eric The Fish, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Hopkinson: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Simpson: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Charlton: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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