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Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Shipton, North Yorkshire
2 famous people were born in Shipton
Articles in 4 languages make the English cricketer Francis Pickering the best known. The list has one more: the British Molecular biologist Kate Wilson. Of its neighbours, York, 5 mi away, lists the most: 396, W. H. Auden first. Francis Pickering was born in 1851.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Francis Pickering
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1851
Francis Pickering
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Shipton
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Known for
What Shipton is known for
1 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.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, York has the most on record: 396.
Questions about famous people from Shipton
Who is the most famous person from Shipton?
Francis Pickering (English cricketer (1851-1879)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Kate Wilson.
How many famous people were born in Shipton?
2 people born in Shipton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Shipton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Shipton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shipton’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)
- W. H. Auden: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Hollinrake: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Flora Sandes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Moore: United Autosports, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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