#1Famous people · Ingleton, North Yorkshire
Ingleton, birthplace of the British actor Tom Lister
In 1978, the British actor Tom Lister was born. Their name appears in articles in 4 languages. Of its neighbours, Settle, 10 mi away, lists the most: 12, John Newman first. The longest list in North Yorkshire is York’s, with 396 names.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Tom Lister
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1978
Tom Lister
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Ingleton
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Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Ingleton
Who is the most famous person from Ingleton?
Tom Lister (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ingleton?
1 people born in Ingleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ingleton 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 Ingleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ingleton’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)
- Tom Lister: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Newman: Adam Bielawski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fiona Crackles: Natasha Iles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Borowski: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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