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Photo: Sue Adair · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Linton, Derbyshire
2 famous people call Linton their birthplace
Most widely known is Jeff Bourne, the English footballer, with articles in 7 languages. The list has one more: the English footballer George Chapman. Paddy Considine heads the list in Burton upon Trent, 5 mi away, which has 169 names. The earliest on the list is George Chapman, born in 1920, and the youngest Jeff Bourne, born in 1948.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Jeff Bourne
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
George Chapman
Youngest
1948
Jeff Bourne
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Linton
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Burton upon Trent: 169.
Burton upon Trent · 5 miPaddy Considine & 168 more
Swadlincote · 2 miCarl Dickinson & 28 more
Ashby-de-la-Zouch · 5 miRoger Williamson & 28 more
Measham · 4 miGeraldine Jewsbury & 9 moreCFOverseal and Castle Gresley · 1 miCharlie Freeman & 4 moreJBMoira · 3 miJohn Bourne & 1 moreJPWoodville · 3 miJane Plant & 1 moreJJBlackfordby · 3 miJohn JoyceQuestions about famous people from Linton
Who is the most famous person from Linton?
Jeff Bourne (English footballer (1948-2014)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come George Chapman.
How many famous people were born in Linton?
2 people born in Linton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Linton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Linton?
George Chapman, born in 1920. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Linton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Linton’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 (4)
- Paddy Considine: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Dickinson: Wfcfan1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Williamson: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geraldine Jewsbury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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