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Harold Davenport
1907–1969English mathematician (1907–1969)
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Famous people · Huncoat, Lancashire
3 famous people come from Huncoat, Harold Davenport the best known
At the top of the list is the English mathematician Harold Davenport, covered in 15 languages. Second and third on the list are Johnny Horne and John Horne. Just 4 mi away, Burnley’s list holds 209 names, Ian McKellen the best known. Harold Davenport, born in 1907, is the youngest, and Johnny Horne, born in 1862, the first on record.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Harold Davenport
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
Johnny Horne
Youngest
1907
Harold Davenport
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Huncoat
Two of the three are athletes.
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Known for
What Huncoat is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Burnley’s, at 209 names.
Burnley · 4 miIan McKellen & 208 more
Accrington · 2 miJon Anderson & 53 moreHHPadiham · 2 miHarry Hill & 24 moreJBOswaldtwistle · 3 miJackie Bray & 16 moreJSClayton-le-Moors · 2 miJack Simmons & 6 more
Church · 2 miMina Anwar & 5 moreMDRishton · 3 miMartin Dobson & 4 more
Read · 3 miAlexander Nowell & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Huncoat
Who is the most famous person from Huncoat?
Harold Davenport (English mathematician (1907–1969)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Johnny Horne and John Horne.
How many famous people were born in Huncoat?
3 people born in Huncoat have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Huncoat known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Huncoat?
Johnny Horne, born in 1862. The youngest on the list was born in 1907.
Who counts as from Huncoat?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Huncoat’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)
- Harold Davenport: Konrad Jacobs, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian McKellen: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Anderson: Stéphane Gallay, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mina Anwar: Steve Bowbrick from Radlett, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Nowell: British – School Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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