Photo: Stephen Horncastle · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people near Ampleforth: 17 in Thirsk
The longest list of any town in North Yorkshire belongs to York, with 396. Middlesbrough has the second-longest list in North Yorkshire, after York, with 365. Not one famous person on record comes from Ampleforth yet. In all of North Yorkshire, the famous people on record come from 108 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Ampleforth’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Ampleforth as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Ampleforth
Of the towns nearby, Thirsk lists the most people: 17.
Questions about famous people from Ampleforth
Who counts as from Ampleforth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ampleforth’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 (3)
- Henry Eeles Dresser: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Hollinrake: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Glover: File:Music of the Baroque Orchestra and Chorus with Jane Glover.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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