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Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Staveley, North Yorkshire
2 famous people call Staveley their birthplace
The best known is the English footballer Tony Arrowsmith, with articles in 6 languages. The other is Alwyne Wilks, the association football player. Births span 1887 to 1906, from Tony Arrowsmith to Alwyne Wilks. Go 6 mi to Harrogate and the list grows to 123, with H. L. A. Hart at the top.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Tony Arrowsmith
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Tony Arrowsmith
Youngest
1906
Alwyne Wilks
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Staveley
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Harrogate counts 123 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Harrogate · 6 miH. L. A. Hart & 122 moreDKRipon · 6 miDerek Kevan & 39 more
Knaresborough · 3 miMother Shipton & 18 more
Wetherby · 9 miMichael Jackson & 8 more
Boroughbridge · 3 miIsabella Bird & 5 moreLVHampsthwaite · 7 miLaura Veale & 1 moreTCKillinghall · 6 miTony Clarkson
Dishforth · 6 miWilliam GraingeQuestions about famous people from Staveley
Who is the most famous person from Staveley?
Tony Arrowsmith (English footballer (1887-1950)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Alwyne Wilks.
How many famous people were born in Staveley?
2 people born in Staveley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Staveley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Staveley?
Tony Arrowsmith, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1906.
Who counts as from Staveley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Staveley’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
- William Grainge: Thomas Holroyd (d.1904), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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