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Florence Blenkiron
1904–1991British medal-winning motorcyclist and explorer
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Photo: Jay Pea · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Harmby, North Yorkshire
A single famous person was born in Harmby: Florence Blenkiron
Florence Blenkiron came into the world in 1904. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Within 8 mi, Richmond lists the most: 27, with John Lawrence first.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Florence Blenkiron
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Florence Blenkiron
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Harmby
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Famous people from the towns next door
6 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Harmby
Who is the most famous person from Harmby?
Florence Blenkiron (British medal-winning motorcyclist and explorer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Harmby?
1 people born in Harmby have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Harmby known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Harmby?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Harmby’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)
- John Lawrence: Maull and Polybank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alistair Petrie: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Darville: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wycliffe: Thomas Kirkby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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