MM#1
Sports
Maurice McDermott
1923–1988English association football player (1923-1988)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Whitehill, County Durham
Whitehill is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Maurice McDermott, the English association football player, with articles in 4 languages. The other is Bill Laverick, the association football player. For more famous names, Chester-le-Street is 1 mi away: its list has 55, led by Bryan Robson. The list runs from Bill Laverick, born in 1897, to Maurice McDermott, born in 1923.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Maurice McDermott
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1897
Bill Laverick
Youngest
1923
Maurice McDermott
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Whitehill
BL#2
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Chester-le-Street leads the towns around it, with 55 names.
Chester-le-Street · 1 miBryan Robson & 54 moreLMStanley · 3 miLewis Miley & 34 moreJHBirtley · 3 miJohn William Heslop-Harrison & 9 more
Sacriston · 3 miBobby Robson & 5 moreBAGreat Lumley · 3 miBilly Askew & 2 more
Kibblesworth · 3 miSi King & 1 moreBBNewfield · 1 miBill BlenkironILPelton and Ouston · 1 miIan LawsonQuestions about famous people from Whitehill
Who is the most famous person from Whitehill?
Maurice McDermott (English association football player (1923-1988)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Bill Laverick.
How many famous people were born in Whitehill?
2 people born in Whitehill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Whitehill known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Whitehill?
Bill Laverick, born in 1897. The youngest on the list was born in 1923.
Who counts as from Whitehill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whitehill’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)
- Bryan Robson: Government of Thailand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Robson: rockface from Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Si King: Jo Marshall https://www.flickr.com/people/jo-h/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.