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Lamb Working Mens Club · Photo: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Barrowford, Lancashire
Barrowford’s famous people span 125 years: 5 births from 1867 to 1992
Arthur Dixon is the best known, with articles in 7 languages. The British politician Abraham England ranks second, ahead of Rebecca Jane. 3 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Arthur Dixon
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
Abraham England
Youngest
1992
Natalie Haythornthwaite
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Barrowford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Barrowford’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1870s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Barrowford
First, Arthur Dixon (7 languages), then Abraham England (3) and Rebecca Jane (3).
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Politics & Law
Abraham England
1867–1949British politician (1867-1949)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
RJ#3
Known for
What Barrowford is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 3 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Barrowford
Still to come: 2 more, from 1889 to 1992.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Burnley: 209.
Questions about famous people from Barrowford
Who is the most famous person from Barrowford?
Arthur Dixon (English footballer, born 1879) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Abraham England and Rebecca Jane.
How many famous people were born in Barrowford?
5 people born in Barrowford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Barrowford known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Barrowford?
Abraham England, born in 1867. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Barrowford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barrowford’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)
- Ian McKellen: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Phelan: Saadick Dhansay, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallace Hartley: Wallace Henry Harvey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Nowell: British – School Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carey Foster: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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