FC#1
Science & Medicine
Francis Crick
1916–2004British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA (1916–2004)
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Famous people · Northampton, Northamptonshire
More famous people were born in Northampton than in any other town in Northamptonshire: 354
Francis Crick leads the list, covered in 97 languages. The largest group, 158, was born in the 20th century. Musicians are unusually common here: 29, 1.6 times the usual share. The list is still growing: 131 were born since 1970.
Born here
354
notable people
Best known
Francis Crick
in 97 Wikipedia languages
First
1605
Samuel Fisher
Youngest
2005
Kyle kelly
Most common field
Sports
176 people
What stands out about Northampton’s famous people
Known worldwideFrancis Crick is written about in 97 languages.Still making namesSince 1950, 195 of them have been born here, the latest in 2005.A town of musiciansAmong the 354 people born here, 29 are musicians: 1.6 times the usual share.354 notable peopleWith 354 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Northampton
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Alan Moore
born 1953British comic book author (born 1953)
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Through the years
When Northampton’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 43 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicinePolitics & LawNotableMilitaryFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Northampton is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Northampton
351 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
born 1944Cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary (born 1944)
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Tim Minchin
born 1975British-Australian comedian, actor and musician (born 1975)
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James Harrington
1611–1677English political theorist of classical republicanism
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John Derbyshire
born 1945British-born American far-right political commentator, writer, journalist and computer programmer (born 1945)
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Eliza Manningham-Buller
born 1948Former Director General of MI5 (born 1948)
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Robert Llewellyn
born 1956British writer, broadcaster, presenter, actor and renewable energy advocate
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Caroline Chisholm
1808–187719th century English humanitarian who provided support for immigrant females in Australia
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Thomas Croxen Archer
1817–1885British botanist and museum director (1817-1885)
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Ellen Wright Blackwell
1864–1952British writer, botanist, photographer (1864-1952)
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Ashley Neal
born 1974English driving instructor, YouTuber, and former footballer
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Elizabeth Eames
1918–2008English archaeologist and expert on medieval tiles
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Kislingbury’s, at 3 names.
Questions about famous people from Northampton
Who is the most famous person from Northampton?
Francis Crick (British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA (1916–2004)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 97 languages. Next come Sophie Turner and Alan Moore.
How many famous people were born in Northampton?
354 people born in Northampton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 396 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Northampton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 176 of the 354. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Northampton?
Samuel Fisher, born in 1605. The youngest on the list was born in 2005.
Who counts as from Northampton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Northampton’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 (96)
- Sophie Turner: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Moore: Fimb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Walker: Maximilian Wild, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Smith: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Toney: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester: Venterq, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcolm Arnold: Tom hatte, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Haddon: PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Minchin: S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Harrington: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Murphy: Andwhatsnext at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Darlow: james cumberpatch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Rubbra: Photographie de Rubbra issue de l'article de "The Gramophon" de janvier 1949 (Vol. XXVI, n°308) par W. S. Meadmore., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Bazeley: JaumeBG, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Greene: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Callum Robinson: Preston North End F.C., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Warren: Palma Pictures (Production company involved with making of "Mad Dogs" (see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1652218/companycredits/?ref_=tt_dt_co), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Willey: Whatisthefrequencykenneth, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Kaye: User:Aviankey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Derbyshire: John Derbyshire or an associate, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Hedges: ToeToThaKnee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Curran: Number 10, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliza Manningham-Buller: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Coles: Flickr User Michael Kooiman https://www.flickr.com/photos/mkooiman/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- V V Brown: Matt Batchelor from Windsor, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Giles Corey: Original by Ridpath? Restoration by Equazcion., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Judy Carne: Desilu productions. Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nanette Newman: Phil Guest from Bournemouth, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Dunster: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Slowthai: Edwardx, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Hinds: James Boyes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Cohen: ukhomeoffice, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Ash: Flickr user pfig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kasey McAteer: Timfilbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Ellis: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Llewellyn: Jan Ainali, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Chisholm: Angelo Collen Hayter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graeme Swann: PaddyBriggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Alsop: Malcolm Crowther, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Ward: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Mills: Stew jones, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo Whiley: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorna Fitzgerald: AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat McGrath: Nick Gray from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Civil: PaddyBriggs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Sears: Aylesburyape., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Utley: Alterna2 (https://www.alterna2.com), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alec Wilkie: Billlion at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hervey: Thomas Kitchin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Delano: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mishal Husain: Mikepaws, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Nelson: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude King: film screenshot (Selznick International Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Damian Collins: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney Cameron: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David J: Mila Reynaud, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duncan Taylor: Daxipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry Badger: Pete.M.Boyd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gervase Elwes: Lena Conne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Dolman: Skippo10, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mal Loye: AMBerry, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Drew: Clifford Canty (aka shimmycc), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Briscoe: Stew jones, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman P. Barry: Ludwig von Mises Institute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Dew: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew McCulloch: Kirsty McCulloch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Mayes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Holly Winterburn: Zafer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaanai Gordon: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Challinor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kens_eye/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Hasdell: ClaudioProd2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Beckford: Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruaridh Jackson: www.davidmolloyphotography.com from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Clarke: Cj1340, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Turney: LauraHale, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Harris: Amy Martin Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Cox: St. Louis Cardinals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Mobbs: jennyannethorpe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Beckett: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Waldo Warner: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Mallard: History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Pentland: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Raynsford: Paul Wilkinson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Peverell Hichens: Royal Navy photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger S. Goody: Wertuzio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Lewton: Pvt pauline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Manning: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Baggaley: SuperCow73, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Woodcock: Photo by R W Thomas of London, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Surgeon: Ali Wade, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles James: Harold Augustus Iddles (1896-1976), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Carey: Unknown authorUnknown author, Engraved by W. Chapin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Sumpter: Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Robertson: A. Robertson (Miss), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Studd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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