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Alf Rowland
1920–1997English professional footballer (1920-1997)
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Photo: Colin Grice · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Stokesley, North Yorkshire
2 famous people call Stokesley their birthplace
At the top of the list is the English professional footballer Alf Rowland, covered in one language. One more name completes the list: John Coates. Middlesbrough, 5 mi away, has 365 on its list, the best known James Cook. Births span 1828 to 1920, from John Coates to Alf Rowland.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Alf Rowland
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
John Coates
Youngest
1920
Alf Rowland
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Stokesley
JC#2
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Middlesbrough’s, at 365 names.
Middlesbrough · 5 miJames Cook & 364 more
Stockton-on-Tees · 9 miColin Renfrew & 218 more
Eston · 7 miPaul Daniels & 36 more
Guisborough · 7 miJohn Gilbert Baker & 26 more
Egglescliffe · 7 miCec Parkin & 3 more
Great Ayton · 3 miCharlie Tanfield & 1 moreRHHutton Rudby · 4 miRusty HodgsonNTIngleby Barwick · 6 miNathan ThomasQuestions about famous people from Stokesley
Who is the most famous person from Stokesley?
Alf Rowland (English professional footballer (1920-1997)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come John Coates.
How many famous people were born in Stokesley?
2 people born in Stokesley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Stokesley 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 Stokesley?
John Coates, born in 1828. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
Who counts as from Stokesley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stokesley’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 (6)
- James Cook: Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Renfrew: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Daniels: eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gilbert Baker: Berthold Carl Seemann (1825-1871), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cec Parkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Tanfield: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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