Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0No one from Braithwaite is on the famous people list yet
William Wordsworth heads the list in Cockermouth, 8 mi away, which has 25 names. 54 towns across Cumbria can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Cumbria belongs to Carlisle, with 198. After Carlisle, the next longest list in Cumbria is Barrow-in-Furness’, with 131.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Braithwaite’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Braithwaite yet.
Famous people born near Braithwaite
Of the towns nearby, Cockermouth lists the most people: 25.
Questions about famous people from Braithwaite
Who counts as from Braithwaite?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Braithwaite’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 (2)
- William Wordsworth: Benjamin Haydon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederic William Henry Myers: William Clarke Wontner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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