Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person from Scotton yet, but Harrogate next door has 123
Across North Yorkshire, the lists cover 108 towns. The longest list of any town in North Yorkshire belongs to York, with 396. Middlesbrough has the second-longest list in North Yorkshire, after York, with 365. The best known born in Harrogate is H. L. A. Hart.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Scotton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Scotton yet.
Famous people born near Scotton
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Scotton
Who counts as from Scotton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Scotton’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)
- H. L. A. Hart: Robespierre 7, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mother Shipton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Jackson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabella Bird: G.P. Putnam's Sons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maisie Adam: Louise Meek, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.