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Photo: Stuart and Fiona Jackson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Wigginton, North Yorkshire
2 famous people were born in Wigginton
Most widely known is John Tew, the English cricketer and solicitor, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the English cricketer and police officer Anthony Tew. The nearest list is in York, 4 mi away: 396 names, starting with W. H. Auden. Births span 1905 to 1908, from John Tew to Anthony Tew.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
John Tew
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
John Tew
Youngest
1908
Anthony Tew
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Wigginton
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Sports
Anthony Tew
1908–1987English cricketer and police officer (1908-1987)
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Around it, York has the most people on record, 396 of them.
Questions about famous people from Wigginton
Who is the most famous person from Wigginton?
John Tew (English cricketer and solicitor (1905-1992)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Anthony Tew.
How many famous people were born in Wigginton?
2 people born in Wigginton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Wigginton 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 Wigginton?
John Tew, born in 1905. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.
Who counts as from Wigginton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wigginton’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 (3)
- W. H. Auden: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Flora Sandes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Sandys: Robert Alonzo Brock, Virgil Anson Lewis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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