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John A. Agnew
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Famous people · Millom, Cumbria
10 famous people were born in Millom, most of them in the 20th century
Most widely known is John A. Agnew, the American British-Born geographer, with articles in 13 languages. Close behind are Jimmy Settle and Frank Nicholson. The list runs from Samuel Northmore, born in 1872, to Andy Brockbank, born in 1961. Per head, the list is long: 17.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Cumbria has 10.4.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
John A. Agnew
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Samuel Northmore
Youngest
1961
Andy Brockbank
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Millom
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Millom’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1870s, with 3 births.
SportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFaithNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Millom is known for
6 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Millom
The rest number 7, with 4 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Barrow-in-Furness’, with 131.
Questions about famous people from Millom
Who is the most famous person from Millom?
John A. Agnew (American British-born geographer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Jimmy Settle and Frank Nicholson.
How many famous people were born in Millom?
10 people born in Millom have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Millom known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 10. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Millom?
Samuel Northmore, born in 1872. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.
Who counts as from Millom?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Millom’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 (7)
- John A. Agnew: Sophsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Settle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Northmore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Herbert Wallace: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emlyn Hughes: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Laurel: US Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Romney: George Romney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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