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Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Hutton Rudby, North Yorkshire
A single famous person was born in Hutton Rudby: Rusty Hodgson
In 1981, the speedway rider Rusty Hodgson was born. One language has an article about them so far. James Cook heads the list in Middlesbrough, 7 mi away, which has 365 names. Famous people are on record for 108 of the towns in North Yorkshire.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Rusty Hodgson
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1981
Rusty Hodgson
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Hutton Rudby
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Middlesbrough has the most on record: 365.
Middlesbrough · 7 miJames Cook & 364 more
Stockton-on-Tees · 9 miColin Renfrew & 218 more
Eston · 9 miPaul Daniels & 36 more
Egglescliffe · 6 miCec Parkin & 3 moreARStokesley · 4 miAlf Rowland & 1 more
Great Ayton · 6 miCharlie Tanfield & 1 moreNTIngleby Barwick · 5 miNathan ThomasTHMiddleton St George · 9 miTommy HallQuestions about famous people from Hutton Rudby
Who is the most famous person from Hutton Rudby?
Rusty Hodgson (speedway rider) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Hutton Rudby?
1 people born in Hutton Rudby have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Hutton Rudby 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 Hutton Rudby?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hutton Rudby’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)
- James Cook: Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Renfrew: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Daniels: eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cec Parkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Tanfield: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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