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Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Stillington, North Yorkshire
Stillington is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the British artist Frederick Hall, with articles in 4 languages. The only other name is the English horticulturist George Russell. Go 10 mi to York and the list grows to 396, with W. H. Auden at the top. Over 3 years of births, the list goes from George Russell (1857) to Frederick Hall (1860).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Frederick Hall
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1857
George Russell
Youngest
1860
Frederick Hall
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Stillington
GR#2
Known for
What Stillington is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
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 nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
York · 10 miW. H. Auden & 395 more
Easingwold · 3 miKevin Hollinrake & 4 morePPHuntington · 8 miPeter Pickering & 2 more
Upper Poppleton · 9 miFlora Sandes & 2 more
Helmsley · 10 miJane Glover & 2 moreJTWigginton · 6 miJohn Tew & 1 moreTDHuby (Hambleton) · 2 miTom DresserJNSkelton (York) · 7 miJohn NelsonQuestions about famous people from Stillington
Who is the most famous person from Stillington?
Frederick Hall (British artist (1860-1948)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come George Russell.
How many famous people were born in Stillington?
2 people born in Stillington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Stillington known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stillington?
George Russell, born in 1857. The youngest on the list was born in 1860.
Who counts as from Stillington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stillington’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
- Jane Glover: File:Music of the Baroque Orchestra and Chorus with Jane Glover.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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