#1Writing & Arts
Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton
1894–1954Canadian artist (1894-1954)
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Famous people · Egremont, Cumbria
6 famous people were born in Egremont
The best known is the Canadian artist Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton, with articles in 3 languages. 4 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. The list runs from Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton, born in 1894, to Rob Purdham, born in 1980. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 10.4, close to the 10.4 of the typical Cumbria town.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton
Youngest
1980
Rob Purdham
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Egremont
First, Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton (3 languages), then Tom Pickering (3) and Bill Sewell (2).
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Sports
Bill Sewell
1916–1989American football player and coach, baseball player and coach (1916-1989)
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Through the years
When Egremont’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Egremont is known for
Egremont has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Egremont
3 more, from 1908 to 1980.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Whitehaven’s, with 91.
Questions about famous people from Egremont
Who is the most famous person from Egremont?
Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton (Canadian artist (1894-1954)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Tom Pickering and Bill Sewell.
How many famous people were born in Egremont?
6 people born in Egremont have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Egremont known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Egremont?
Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton, born in 1894. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Egremont?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Egremont’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 (6)
- Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Purdham: Mortonstalker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Henderson: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Iredale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Grindal: Attributed to Dirk Vos / Follower of Dirk Vos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trudy Harrison: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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