#1Sports
Steve Bruce
born 1960English professional football manager and former player
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Famous people · Corbridge, Northumberland
Most of the 21 famous people born in Corbridge came into the world in the 20th century
Steve Bruce is the best known, with articles in 42 languages. Behind the leader come David Mackenzie and Keith Armstrong. The oldest name on the list belongs to Alan Brown, born in 1914, the newest to David Mackenzie, born in 1966. Fewer than a quarter of the 36 towns in Northumberland with famous people list more.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Steve Bruce
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Alan Brown
Youngest
1966
David Mackenzie
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Corbridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Corbridge’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 7.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Corbridge
Ranked by languages covered: Steve Bruce with 42, then David Mackenzie with 23 and Keith Armstrong with 12.
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Keith Armstrong
born 1957English-Finnish association football player and coach
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Known for
What Corbridge is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 1.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Corbridge
A further 18 follow, born between 1914 and 1963.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Hexham has the most on record: 72.
Questions about famous people from Corbridge
Who is the most famous person from Corbridge?
Steve Bruce (English professional football manager and former player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 42 languages. Next come David Mackenzie and Keith Armstrong.
How many famous people were born in Corbridge?
21 people born in Corbridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 24 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Corbridge known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 12 of the 21. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Corbridge?
Alan Brown, born in 1914. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
Who counts as from Corbridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Corbridge’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)
- Steve Bruce: Ronnie Macdonald, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Mackenzie: Thierry Sollerot from Vernon (Eure, Hte Normandie), FRANCE, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Armstrong: Don Bigileone, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Sinclair: Encyclopedia2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosalind Gibson: Royal Society Te Apārangi, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fraser Forster: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Alnwick: Phil Butcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Bell: Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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