Church of St Michael and All Angels · Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Witton Gilbert
Anthony Eden heads the list in Durham, 3 mi away, which has 225 names. The list for Witton Gilbert is empty for now. 73 towns in County Durham have at least one famous person on record. No town in County Durham lists more than Durham, with 225.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Witton Gilbert’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Witton Gilbert as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Witton Gilbert
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Witton Gilbert, with how many people each has.
Durham · 3 miAnthony Eden & 224 more
Chester-le-Street · 4 miBryan Robson & 54 more
Ushaw Moor and Bearpark · 2 miSammy Crooks & 8 moreGBBrandon · 4 miGeorge Bertram & 8 moreAAEsh Winning · 4 miAlf Agar & 7 more
Sacriston · 1 miBobby Robson & 5 moreGALangley Park · 2 miGeorge Ardley & 5 moreJBBurnhope · 3 miJames Barron & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Witton Gilbert
Who counts as from Witton Gilbert?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Witton Gilbert’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)
- Anthony Eden: Walter Stoneman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Robson: Government of Thailand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Crooks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Robson: rockface from Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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