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Music
Francis Jackson
1917–2022British organist and composer (1917–2022)
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Famous people · Malton, North Yorkshire
17 famous people were born in Malton from 1661 to 1995
Francis Jackson, the British organist and composer, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are Brian Dutton and Edith Woodford-Grimes. The list’s best known name, Francis Jackson, dates from 1917. The largest group, 8, was born in the Victorian era.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Francis Jackson
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1661
John Smith
Youngest
1995
Will Witty
Most common field
Sports
8 people
The best known
Born in Malton
Francis Jackson, Brian Dutton and Edith Woodford-Grimes are written about in 7, 6 and 5 languages.
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Science & Medicine
Edith Woodford-Grimes
1887–1975English Wiccan (1887–1975)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Malton’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1840s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsNotableMusicScience & MedicineBusinessFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Malton is known for
8 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Malton
Still to come: 14 more, from 1661 to 1995.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Pickering has the longest list next door: 9.
Questions about famous people from Malton
Who is the most famous person from Malton?
Francis Jackson (British organist and composer (1917–2022)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Brian Dutton and Edith Woodford-Grimes.
How many famous people were born in Malton?
17 people born in Malton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 21 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Malton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 17. That is 47% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Malton?
John Smith, born in 1661. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Malton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Malton’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 (11)
- Brian Dutton: Me677 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Martin: Phil Guest from Bournemouth, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Baker: Photo by E Hawkins, Brighton, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Swain: Lens Craft Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hall: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Hayhoe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Job Marson: John Frederick Herring, Sr., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Shepherd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Witty: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lockwood Kipling: Hollinger & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Iremonger: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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