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Photo: David Edgar · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Natland, Cumbria
A single famous person was born in Natland: Helen Nicoll
Helen Nicoll, the English children's book author, was born in 1937. Their birth falls in the 20th century. 2 languages have an article about them. The neighbour with the longest list is Kendal, 2 mi away: 73, led by Arthur Eddington.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Helen Nicoll
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1937
Helen Nicoll
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Natland
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Kendal: 73.
Questions about famous people from Natland
Who is the most famous person from Natland?
Helen Nicoll (English children's book author) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Natland?
1 people born in Natland have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Natland known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Natland?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Natland’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)
- Arthur Eddington: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. M. B. Dobson: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fiona Crackles: Natasha Iles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosemary Grant: David Craig from Salem, Oregon, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Borowski: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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