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Politics & Law
Albert Ernest Hillary
1868–1954British politician (1868-1954)
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Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Tow Law, County Durham
6 famous people were born in Tow Law, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the British politician Albert Ernest Hillary, with articles in 3 languages. The next two names are Bert Hobson and Joe McAninly. The largest group, 4, was born in the 20th century. The first birth on record is Albert Ernest Hillary’s, in 1868, and the last Joe McAninly’s, in 1913.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Albert Ernest Hillary
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
Albert Ernest Hillary
Youngest
1913
Joe McAninly
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Tow Law’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Tow Law is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Tow Law
Counted by languages, Albert Ernest Hillary is ahead of Bert Hobson and Joe McAninly: 3, 3 and 3.
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Through the years
When Tow Law’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Tow Law
Still to come: 3 more, from 1901 to 1907.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Crook leads the towns around it, with 22 names.
Crook · 4 miJack Greenwell & 21 more
Lanchester · 6 miDora Greenwell & 14 moreWAWillington · 6 miWilliam Ashurst & 10 more
Ushaw Moor and Bearpark · 7 miSammy Crooks & 8 moreAAEsh Winning · 5 miAlf Agar & 7 moreGALangley Park · 7 miGeorge Ardley & 5 moreGWWolsingham · 3 miGordon Watson & 2 moreJBBurnhope · 7 miJames Barron & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Tow Law
Who is the most famous person from Tow Law?
Albert Ernest Hillary (British politician (1868-1954)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Bert Hobson and Joe McAninly.
How many famous people were born in Tow Law?
6 people born in Tow Law have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Tow Law known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 6. That is 83% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tow Law?
Albert Ernest Hillary, born in 1868. The youngest on the list was born in 1913.
Who counts as from Tow Law?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tow Law’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 (3)
- Jack Greenwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dora Greenwell: Roshni Ravi Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Crooks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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