Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people from Scruton
Nearby, Northallerton, 5 mi away, lists 39, led by Michael Dawson. 108 towns across North Yorkshire can name a famous person born there. No famous person’s birth in Scruton is on record yet. York’s 396 names make the longest list in North Yorkshire.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Scruton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Scruton as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Scruton
Northallerton has the longest list next door: 39.
Questions about famous people from Scruton
Who counts as from Scruton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Scruton’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)
- Michael Dawson: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bensutherland/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alistair Petrie: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wycliffe: Thomas Kirkby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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