#1Famous people · Catterick, North Yorkshire
Most of the 9 famous people born in Catterick came into the world in the 20th century
The best known is the British actor Alistair Petrie, with articles in 17 languages. The British actress Emma Fielding ranks second, ahead of Frederick John Jackson. The list comes to 33.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical town in North Yorkshire. Over 124 years of births, the list goes from Frederick John Jackson (1860) to Jim Thompson (1984).
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Alistair Petrie
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
Frederick John Jackson
Youngest
1984
Jim Thompson
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
What stands out about Catterick’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Catterick’s famous people were born
The 1960s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Writing & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Catterick
Ranked by languages covered: Alistair Petrie with 17, then Emma Fielding with 10 and Frederick John Jackson with 9.
#1EF#2
#3Science & Medicine
Frederick John Jackson
1860–1929British ornithologist and colonial administrator
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Catterick is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Catterick
6 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Northallerton lists the most people: 39.
Questions about famous people from Catterick
Who is the most famous person from Catterick?
Alistair Petrie (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Emma Fielding and Frederick John Jackson.
How many famous people were born in Catterick?
9 people born in Catterick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Catterick known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 9. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Catterick?
Frederick John Jackson, born in 1860. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Catterick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Catterick’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 (7)
- Alistair Petrie: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick John Jackson: Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Lewis: Tammie6123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Thompson: Fleckee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Dawson: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bensutherland/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lawrence: Maull and Polybank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wycliffe: Thomas Kirkby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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