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Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · West Rainton, County Durham
Martin Ward, born in 1988, is West Rainton’s famous person on record
Martin Ward came into the world in 1988. Their story is told in 3 languages. The nearest list is in Durham, 3 mi away: 225 names, starting with Anthony Eden. In all of County Durham, the famous people on record come from 73 towns.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Martin Ward
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1988
Martin Ward
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in West Rainton
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Durham, with 225.
Durham · 3 miAnthony Eden & 224 more
Hetton-le-Hole · 2 miBob Paisley & 36 moreTAFence Houses · 2 miTom Allison & 5 moreERShiney Row and Penshaw · 4 miErnie Robinson & 5 moreTDSouth Hetton · 4 miTrevor Dance & 4 more
Sherburn · 3 miJosh Charlton & 3 moreBAGreat Lumley · 2 miBilly Askew & 2 moreGREast Rainton · 1 miGeorge RichardsonQuestions about famous people from West Rainton
Who is the most famous person from West Rainton?
Martin Ward (English boxer, born 1988) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in West Rainton?
1 people born in West Rainton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is West Rainton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from West Rainton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside West Rainton’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)
- Anthony Eden: Walter Stoneman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Paisley: Eric The Fish, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Charlton: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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