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Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Farnhill, North Yorkshire
From 1852 to 1973, Farnhill was the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Clare Teal, the British musician, with articles in 4 languages. The list has one more: the English county cricketer Henry Mosley. For more famous names, Keighley is 5 mi away: its list has 86, led by Tom Moore. Clare Teal, the best known, was born in 1973.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Clare Teal
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1852
Henry Mosley
Youngest
1973
Clare Teal
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Farnhill
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Known for
What Farnhill is known for
Music leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Keighley’s, with 86.
Keighley · 5 miTom Moore & 85 more
Skipton · 3 miHenry Sidgwick & 33 more
Silsden · 2 miDougie Lampkin & 6 moreABSteeton · 2 miArran Brindle & 4 moreSLCarleton-in-Craven · 3 miSusanna Lister & 2 more
Cross Hills · 1 miRichard Robson & 1 moreWBEmbsay · 5 miWilfred Blake & 1 more
Oakworth · 5 miThomas Moses & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Farnhill
Who is the most famous person from Farnhill?
Clare Teal (British musician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Henry Mosley.
How many famous people were born in Farnhill?
2 people born in Farnhill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Farnhill known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Farnhill?
Henry Mosley, born in 1852. The youngest on the list was born in 1973.
Who counts as from Farnhill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Farnhill’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 (5)
- Tom Moore: British Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Sidgwick: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dougie Lampkin: Juan Fernández, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Robson: Karen Zhou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Moses: Petro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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