Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Broughton is listed yet
John Gregory heads the list in Scunthorpe, 4 mi away, which has 92 names. 100 towns across Lincolnshire can name a famous person born there. No town in Lincolnshire lists more than Lincoln, with 211. After Lincoln, the next longest list in Lincolnshire is Grimsby’s, with 208.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Broughton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Broughton yet.
Famous people born near Broughton
Of the towns around it, Scunthorpe has the most on record: 92.
Scunthorpe · 4 miJohn Gregory & 91 more
Brigg · 3 miJoan Plowright & 10 more
Winterton · 6 miThomas Carter & 1 more
Kirton in Lindsey · 7 miTommy Taylor & 1 moreJNWrawby · 4 miJoseph Shield Nicholson
Barnetby le Wold · 6 miThomas Little HeathDMScotter · 7 miDavid Hatton MorleyRBBurton upon Stather · 8 miRichard BurtonQuestions about famous people from Broughton
Who counts as from Broughton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Broughton’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)
- John Gregory: Jonesy702 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Plowright: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Carter: not stated, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Taylor: Photographer unidentified, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Little Heath: no coneguts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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