Photo: Pauline E · CC BY-SA 2.0No one born in Castleton has made the famous people list yet
The nearest list is in Guisborough, 7 mi away: 27 names, starting with John Gilbert Baker. 108 towns in North Yorkshire have at least one famous person on record. No town in North Yorkshire lists more than York, with 396. Middlesbrough has the second-longest list in North Yorkshire, after York, with 365.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Castleton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Castleton yet.
Famous people born near Castleton
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Guisborough · 7 miJohn Gilbert Baker & 26 more
Saltburn-by-the-Sea · 8 miDavid Coverdale & 17 moreDCBrotton · 7 miDave Charlton & 3 moreDFCarlin How · 7 miDes Fawcett & 2 moreACMarske-by-the-Sea · 9 miAshley Corker & 2 moreGGLoftus · 7 miGeorge Goldsmith & 1 moreDBSkelton (Redcar and Cleveland) · 7 miDon Burluraux & 1 more
Great Ayton · 8 miCharlie Tanfield & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Castleton
Who counts as from Castleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castleton’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)
- John Gilbert Baker: Berthold Carl Seemann (1825-1871), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Coverdale: Ralph Arvesen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Tanfield: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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