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Photo: Les Hull · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bellingham, Northumberland
2 famous people were born in Bellingham
At the top of the list is the British Army officer Thomas Brodie, covered in 5 languages. The only other name is the rugby player Adam Dalgleish. Billy Cowell tops the 2 names on record in Acomb, 12 mi away. Over 35 years of births, the list goes from Adam Dalgleish (1868) to Thomas Brodie (1903).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Thomas Brodie
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
Adam Dalgleish
Youngest
1903
Thomas Brodie
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Bellingham
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Known for
What Bellingham is known for
Military leads the fields, with 1 people.
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
The most names next door are in Acomb: 2.
Questions about famous people from Bellingham
Who is the most famous person from Bellingham?
Thomas Brodie (British Army officer (1903–1993)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Adam Dalgleish.
How many famous people were born in Bellingham?
2 people born in Bellingham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bellingham known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bellingham?
Adam Dalgleish, born in 1868. The youngest on the list was born in 1903.
Who counts as from Bellingham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bellingham’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.
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