#1Famous people · Coalisland, Mid Ulster
9 famous people were born in Coalisland, most of them in the 20th century
The best known is the British snooker player Dennis Taylor, with articles in 26 languages. 2 of them were born since 1970. From Joseph Dixon in 1806 to Nathan Rafferty in 2000, the births cover 194 years. The list comes to 16.5 for every 10,000 residents, below the 26.7 of the typical town in Mid Ulster.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Dennis Taylor
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1806
Joseph Dixon
Youngest
2000
Nathan Rafferty
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Coalisland
Two of the three are athletes.
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Sports
Billy Johnston
born 1943Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1943)
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Through the years
When Coalisland’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsFaithPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Coalisland is known for
Share of Coalisland’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Coalisland
The rest number 6, with 3 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Dungannon, at 45.
Questions about famous people from Coalisland
Who is the most famous person from Coalisland?
Dennis Taylor (British snooker player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages. Next come Joseph Dixon and Billy Johnston.
How many famous people were born in Coalisland?
9 people born in Coalisland have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Coalisland known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 9. That is 56% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coalisland?
Joseph Dixon, born in 1806. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Coalisland?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Coalisland’s settlement (NISRA’s settlement development limit), 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 NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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)
- Dennis Taylor: John Dempsey, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Niall McGinn: Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland (www.a-middletonphotography.com), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Typhoid Mary: Unknown authorUnknown author. First published in the June 20, 1909 issue of The New York American., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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