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Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
3 famous people call Kirkby Stephen their birthplace
The best known is the British politician Ben Chapman, with articles in 4 languages. Carl Taylor, the English footballer, comes second, with Jack McIntosh third. The nearest list is in Appleby-in-Westmorland, 9 mi away: 7 names, starting with George Atkinson. Over 51 years of births, the list goes from Carl Taylor (1937) to Jack McIntosh (1988).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Ben Chapman
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1937
Carl Taylor
Youngest
1988
Jack McIntosh
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Kirkby Stephen
Ben Chapman has articles in 4 languages, Carl Taylor in 3 and Jack McIntosh in 1.
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Known for
What Kirkby Stephen is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
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
The neighbour with the most names is Appleby-in-Westmorland, at 7.
Questions about famous people from Kirkby Stephen
Who is the most famous person from Kirkby Stephen?
Ben Chapman (British politician (born 1940)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Carl Taylor and Jack McIntosh.
How many famous people were born in Kirkby Stephen?
3 people born in Kirkby Stephen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kirkby Stephen known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kirkby Stephen?
Carl Taylor, born in 1937. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Kirkby Stephen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kirkby Stephen’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.
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