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Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Fairburn, North Yorkshire
The British actor Darren John Langford is the one famous person from Fairburn
The British actor Darren John Langford was born in 1982. Their name appears in an article in one language. Nearby, Pontefract, 4 mi away, lists 164, led by Toby Kebbell. No town in North Yorkshire lists more than York, with 396.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Darren John Langford
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1982
Darren John Langford
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Fairburn
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Pontefract has the longest list next door: 164.
Questions about famous people from Fairburn
Who is the most famous person from Fairburn?
Darren John Langford (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Fairburn?
1 people born in Fairburn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fairburn known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Fairburn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fairburn’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)
- Toby Kebbell: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Moore: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gullen: Aaron Hemsley, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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