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Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Barnoldswick, Lancashire
2 famous people were born in Barnoldswick
The best known is the cricketer Harry Crabtree, with articles in 3 languages. The other is Michael Holt, the English footballer. Go 6 mi to Nelson and the list grows to 35, with Mike Phelan at the top. Over 71 years of births, the list goes from Harry Crabtree (1906) to Michael Holt (1977).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Harry Crabtree
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Harry Crabtree
Youngest
1977
Michael Holt
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Barnoldswick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Nelson’s, at 35 names.
Questions about famous people from Barnoldswick
Who is the most famous person from Barnoldswick?
Harry Crabtree (cricketer (1906-1982)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Michael Holt.
How many famous people were born in Barnoldswick?
2 people born in Barnoldswick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Barnoldswick 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 Barnoldswick?
Harry Crabtree, born in 1906. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Barnoldswick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barnoldswick’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 (3)
- Mike Phelan: Saadick Dhansay, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallace Hartley: Wallace Henry Harvey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Foxcroft: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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