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Maxwell Staniforth
1893–1985British soldier, railwayman, clergyman and scholar (1893–1985)
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Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Hinderwell, North Yorkshire
A single famous person was born in Hinderwell: Maxwell Staniforth
Maxwell Staniforth was born in 1893. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in one language. The neighbour with the longest list is Whitby, 7 mi away: 40, led by William Bateson.
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Maxwell Staniforth
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1893
Maxwell Staniforth
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Hinderwell, with how many people each has.
Whitby · 7 miWilliam Bateson & 39 more
Guisborough · 11 miJohn Gilbert Baker & 26 more
Saltburn-by-the-Sea · 9 miDavid Coverdale & 17 moreDCBrotton · 7 miDave Charlton & 3 moreDFCarlin How · 6 miDes Fawcett & 2 moreACMarske-by-the-Sea · 11 miAshley Corker & 2 moreGGLoftus · 5 miGeorge Goldsmith & 1 moreDBSkelton (Redcar and Cleveland) · 8 miDon Burluraux & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Hinderwell
Who is the most famous person from Hinderwell?
Maxwell Staniforth (British soldier, railwayman, clergyman and scholar (1893–1985)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Hinderwell?
1 people born in Hinderwell have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Hinderwell known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Hinderwell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hinderwell’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)
- William Bateson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gilbert Baker: Berthold Carl Seemann (1825-1871), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Coverdale: Ralph Arvesen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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