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Photo: Dudesleeper at en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.5Famous people · Hambleton, Lancashire
2 famous people were born in Hambleton
At the top of the list is the English footballer Phil Clarkson, covered in 5 languages. The other is Tom Bradshaw, the English footballer. David Thewlis heads the list in Blackpool, 5 mi away, which has 263 names. The oldest name on the list belongs to Tom Bradshaw, born in 1879, the newest to Phil Clarkson, born in 1968.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Phil Clarkson
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Tom Bradshaw
Youngest
1968
Phil Clarkson
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Hambleton
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Blackpool counts 263 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Hambleton
Who is the most famous person from Hambleton?
Phil Clarkson (English footballer (born 1968)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Tom Bradshaw.
How many famous people were born in Hambleton?
2 people born in Hambleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Hambleton 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 Hambleton?
Tom Bradshaw, born in 1879. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
Who counts as from Hambleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hambleton’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)
- David Thewlis: David_Thewlis_at_San_Sebastian_Filmfestival_2008.jpg: Andreas Tai derivative work: RanZag, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Summers: Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Godfrey: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Patten: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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