DC#1
Sports
Dave Charlton
1936–2013English-born South African racing driver
23 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Photo: Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Brotton, North Yorkshire
The 4 famous people born in Brotton, led by Dave Charlton
Articles in 23 languages make the English-Born South African racing driver Dave Charlton the best known. Charles Robinson Sykes is second and Piercy Morrison third. Per head, the list is long: 7.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in North Yorkshire has 4.3. Fewer than a quarter of the 108 towns in North Yorkshire with famous people list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Dave Charlton
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
Piercy Morrison
Youngest
1939
Trevor Metcalfe
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Brotton
First, Dave Charlton (23 languages), then Charles Robinson Sykes (6) and Piercy Morrison (2).
CS#2
Writing & Arts
Charles Robinson Sykes
1875–1950British artist; sculptor, poster designer, magazine illustrator (1875-1950)
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
PM#3
Sports
Piercy Morrison
1868–1936English rugby union footballer (1868–1936)
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Brotton’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 2 births.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brotton is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brotton
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Eston counts 37 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Eston · 9 miPaul Daniels & 36 more
Redcar · 6 miChris Norman & 32 more
Guisborough · 5 miJohn Gilbert Baker & 26 more
Saltburn-by-the-Sea · 2 miDavid Coverdale & 17 moreDFCarlin How · 1 miDes Fawcett & 2 moreACMarske-by-the-Sea · 4 miAshley Corker & 2 moreDBSkelton (Redcar and Cleveland) · 2 miDon Burluraux & 1 moreGGLoftus · 2 miGeorge Goldsmith & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Brotton
Who is the most famous person from Brotton?
Dave Charlton (English-born South African racing driver) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 23 languages. Next come Charles Robinson Sykes and Piercy Morrison.
How many famous people were born in Brotton?
4 people born in Brotton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brotton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brotton?
Piercy Morrison, born in 1868. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
Who counts as from Brotton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brotton’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)
- Paul Daniels: eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Norman: Elke Wetzig Elya, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gilbert Baker: Berthold Carl Seemann (1825-1871), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Coverdale: Ralph Arvesen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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