#1Famous people · Cramlington, Northumberland
18 famous people from Cramlington, many of them athletes
Best known of all is Andy Sinton, written about in 15 languages. 8 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Born in 1871, George Cann is the first name on record, and Graeme Owens, born in 1988, the most recent. The list comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Northumberland, at 6.2.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Andy Sinton
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
George Cann
Youngest
1988
Graeme Owens
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Cramlington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cramlington is known for
Cramlington has 1.9× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Cramlington’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 3 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cramlington
By how many languages cover them, Andy Sinton comes first (15), then Ray Pointer (11) and Martin Brittain (6).
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Everyone else born in Cramlington
Another 15, 14 of them athletes.
James Brown
born 1987English footballer who plays as a striker or a winger for Gateshead (born 1987)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Blyth: 41.
Questions about famous people from Cramlington
Who is the most famous person from Cramlington?
Andy Sinton (footballer; football manager (born 1966)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Ray Pointer and Martin Brittain.
How many famous people were born in Cramlington?
18 people born in Cramlington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 20 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cramlington known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 17 of the 18. That is 94% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cramlington?
George Cann, born in 1871. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Cramlington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cramlington’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 (7)
- Andy Sinton: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Brown: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yaffamedia/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Robson: Zelf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Cann: The Swiss Studios, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Inglis: Brentford FC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Burn: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Gooch: Thomas Dewell Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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