#1Film, TV & Stage
Jim Dale
born 1935British actor, singer and songwriter
18 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Rothwell, Northamptonshire
7 famous people come from Rothwell, Jim Dale the best known
Jim Dale leads the list, covered in 18 languages. Second and third on the list are Michael Jacobs and Thomas Cogan. Born in 1736, Thomas Cogan is the first name on record, and Michael Jacobs, born in 1991, the most recent. 2 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Jim Dale
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1736
Thomas Cogan
Youngest
1991
Michael Jacobs
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Rothwell
The three are covered in 18, 11 and 5 languages: Jim Dale, Michael Jacobs and Thomas Cogan.
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#3Science & Medicine
Thomas Cogan
1736–1818English physician (1736–1818)
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Rothwell’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rothwell is known for
4 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rothwell
Another 4, 3 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Rothwell
Who is the most famous person from Rothwell?
Jim Dale (British actor, singer and songwriter) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Michael Jacobs and Thomas Cogan.
How many famous people were born in Rothwell?
7 people born in Rothwell have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Rothwell known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 7. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rothwell?
Thomas Cogan, born in 1736. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Rothwell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rothwell’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 (8)
- Jim Dale: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Jacobs: Æthelred, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cogan: F. Gerard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sienna Guillory: Helen Taylor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Coyle: Moonfilmsvideo, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Bulloch: Corey Bond from United States, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Sumpter: Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Humphrey Henchman: After Peter Lely, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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