#1Famous people · Witton Park, County Durham
3 famous people were born in Witton Park
The best known is the British politician Ben Spoor, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Roland Boys Bradford and Tommy Blenkinsopp. Over 42 years of births, the list goes from Ben Spoor (1878) to Tommy Blenkinsopp (1920). The nearest list is in Bishop Auckland, 2 mi away: 95 names, starting with Ross Turnbull.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Ben Spoor
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Ben Spoor
Youngest
1920
Tommy Blenkinsopp
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Witton Park
Languages with an article: 4 for Ben Spoor, 4 for Roland Boys Bradford, 4 for Tommy Blenkinsopp.
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Military
Roland Boys Bradford
1892–1917Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1892-1917)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Sports
Tommy Blenkinsopp
1920–2004British association football player (1920-2004)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Witton Park is known for
Share of Witton Park’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Bishop Auckland · 2 miRoss Turnbull & 94 more
Crook · 3 miJack Greenwell & 21 more
Spennymoor · 6 miJohn Bain & 17 moreBAShildon · 4 miBill Allison & 14 moreWAWillington · 4 miWilliam Ashurst & 10 moreTAWest Auckland · 2 miTom Alderson & 6 more
Cockfield · 5 miJeremiah Dixon & 6 moreAHTow Law · 6 miAlbert Ernest Hillary & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Witton Park
Who is the most famous person from Witton Park?
Ben Spoor (British politician (1878-1928)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Roland Boys Bradford and Tommy Blenkinsopp.
How many famous people were born in Witton Park?
3 people born in Witton Park have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Witton Park known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Witton Park?
Ben Spoor, born in 1878. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
Who counts as from Witton Park?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Witton Park’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 (5)
- Ben Spoor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Turnbull: Ross_Turnbull_in_2009.jpg: p_a_h from United Kingdom derivative work: Ytoyoda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Greenwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bain: FlamingCow TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremiah Dixon: Illustrator unknown; published by Ginn and Company., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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