Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Tantobie is listed yet
Stanley, 2 mi away, has 35 on its list, the best known Lewis Miley. 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 in County Durham have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Tantobie’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Tantobie yet.
Famous people born near Tantobie
Stanley leads the towns around it, with 35 names.
Annfield Plain · 2 miAlun Armstrong & 10 more
Rowlands Gill · 3 miChris Ryan & 8 more
High Spen · 4 miStuart Bell & 8 more
Burnopfield · 1 miEddie Chapman & 6 moreBCLeadgate · 4 miBenny Craig & 5 moreJCDipton · 1 miJohn Craggs & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Tantobie
Who counts as from Tantobie?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tantobie’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)
- Alun Armstrong: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Ryan: James English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Bell: Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Chapman: Unknown British photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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