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Famous people · Trimdon, County Durham
Athletes stand out among the 10 famous people born in Trimdon
Malcolm Dawes, the English footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Close behind are Billy Curley and Bobby Cowell. More than half were born in the 20th century, 8 in all. The list runs from William Beckwith, born in 1795, to Jim Provett, born in 1982.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Malcolm Dawes
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1795
William Beckwith
Youngest
1982
Jim Provett
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Trimdon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Trimdon 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.
The best known
Born in Trimdon
All three are athletes.
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Sports
Bobby Cowell
1922–1996Former professional footballer (1922-1996)
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Trimdon’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Trimdon
Here are 7 more, born from 1795 to 1982.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Sedgefield counts 15 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Sedgefield · 3 miMark Gatiss & 14 moreBUWingate · 3 miBarry Unsworth & 9 more
Wheatley Hill · 3 miEddie Hopkinson & 5 moreBETrimdon Grange · 1 miBill Edmunds & 4 moreAMCoxhoe · 3 miAndy Mitchell & 3 more
Bishop Middleham · 3 miHenry Taylor & 2 moreTDCornforth · 3 miTommy Duff & 2 morePWFishburn · 1 miPaul Ward & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Trimdon
Who is the most famous person from Trimdon?
Malcolm Dawes (English footballer (born 1944)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Billy Curley and Bobby Cowell.
How many famous people were born in Trimdon?
10 people born in Trimdon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Trimdon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 10. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Trimdon?
William Beckwith, born in 1795. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Trimdon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Trimdon’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)
- Jim Provett: Ingy The Wingy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Gatiss: zeropuntosedici (Sara Zizza), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Hopkinson: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Taylor: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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