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Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Dearham, Cumbria
Alvin Ackerley, born in 1927, is Dearham’s famous person on record
Alvin Ackerley, the English rugby league footballer, was born in 1927. That places their birth in the 20th century. One language has an article about them so far. Nearby, Workington, 7 mi away, lists 58, led by Tom Iredale.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Alvin Ackerley
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Alvin Ackerley
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Dearham
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Workington, at 58.
Workington · 7 miTom Iredale & 57 more
Cockermouth · 5 miWilliam Wordsworth & 24 more
Maryport · 2 miGlenn Murray & 22 moreAPSeaton · 4 miAlbert Pepperell & 3 more
Silloth · 11 miCecil Leitch & 3 moreBEGreat Broughton and Little Broughton · 3 miBrian Edgar & 2 moreAAFlimby · 3 miAlbert Atkinson & 1 moreJCDistington · 9 miJimmy CowenQuestions about famous people from Dearham
Who is the most famous person from Dearham?
Alvin Ackerley (English rugby league footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Dearham?
1 people born in Dearham 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 Dearham 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 Dearham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dearham’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)
- Tom Iredale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wordsworth: Benjamin Haydon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Murray: Jamesboyes@Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Leitch: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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