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Cecil Irwin
1942–2025English footballer and manager (born 1942)
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Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ellington, Northumberland
Ellington is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the English footballer and manager Cecil Irwin, with articles in 5 languages. The list has one more: the British composer Richard Runciman Terry. For more famous names, Ashington is 3 mi away: its list has 83, led by Bobby Charlton. Richard Runciman Terry, born in 1865, is the earliest name and Cecil Irwin, born in 1942, the latest.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Cecil Irwin
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Richard Runciman Terry
Youngest
1942
Cecil Irwin
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Ellington
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Known for
What Ellington is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
Ashington leads the towns around it, with 83 names.
Ashington · 3 miBobby Charlton & 82 more
Morpeth · 7 miRobert Morrison & 45 more
Blyth · 7 miDan Burn & 40 more
Bedlington · 6 miDaniel Gooch & 25 moreJAAmble · 8 miJohn Angus & 10 more
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea · 3 miDavid Loggie & 6 moreCBStakeford · 4 miCharlie Brown & 3 moreBMWiddrington Station · 2 miBob Morton & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Ellington
Who is the most famous person from Ellington?
Cecil Irwin (English footballer and manager (born 1942)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Richard Runciman Terry.
How many famous people were born in Ellington?
2 people born in Ellington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ellington known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ellington?
Richard Runciman Terry, born in 1865. The youngest on the list was born in 1942.
Who counts as from Ellington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ellington’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 (5)
- Bobby Charlton: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Morrison: John R. Wildman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Burn: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Gooch: Thomas Dewell Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Loggie: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
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