#1Famous people · Snainton, North Yorkshire
One famous person was born in Snainton
The English actor Ben Kingsley was born in 1943. That places their birth in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 87 languages. Scarborough, 8 mi away, has 140 on its list, the best known Charles Laughton.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Ben Kingsley
in 87 Wikipedia languages
First
1943
Ben Kingsley
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
What stands out about Snainton’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Snainton
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Scarborough, at 140.
Scarborough · 8 miCharles Laughton & 139 moreFJMalton · 10 miFrancis Jackson & 16 more
Pickering · 8 miJohn Lockwood Kipling & 8 moreECFiley · 12 miEdmund Crawford & 7 moreRBThornton-le-Dale · 5 miRichard Lockwood Boulton & 2 more
Norton-on-Derwent · 10 miJames Iremonger & 2 more
East Ayton and West Ayton · 5 miPhilip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of SwintonQuestions about famous people from Snainton
Who is the most famous person from Snainton?
Ben Kingsley (English actor (born 1943)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 87 languages.
How many famous people were born in Snainton?
1 people born in Snainton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Snainton 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 Snainton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Snainton’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)
- Ben Kingsley: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Laughton: Clarence Sinclair Bull, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lockwood Kipling: Hollinger & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Iremonger: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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