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William Miller
1864–1945British medievalist and journalist
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Famous people · Wigton, Cumbria
9 famous people were born in Wigton from 1795 to 1951
William Miller, the British medievalist and journalist, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. 4 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. The list comes to 16.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 10.4 in the typical town in Cumbria. Only 12 of the 54 towns in Cumbria with anyone on record list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
William Miller
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1795
John Woodcock Graves
Youngest
1951
Geoffrey Clark
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Wigton
First, William Miller (15 languages), then John Woodcock Graves (3) and Robert Atkinson (3).
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#3Through the years
When Wigton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1800s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wigton is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wigton
6 more, from 1804 to 1951.
Thomas Holliday
1898–1969English rugby union and rugby league footballer (1898–1969)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Wigton
Who is the most famous person from Wigton?
William Miller (British medievalist and journalist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come John Woodcock Graves and Robert Atkinson.
How many famous people were born in Wigton?
9 people born in Wigton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Wigton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wigton?
John Woodcock Graves, born in 1795. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
Who counts as from Wigton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wigton’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 (5)
- Robert Atkinson: Charles Herbert Reilly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Holliday: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Holt: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Clapperton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Leitch: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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