#1Faith
Robert Morrison
1782–1834British evangelist and first Christian Protestant missionary to China (1782-1834)
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Famous people · Morpeth, Northumberland
Morpeth’s famous people span 490 years: 46 births from 1510 to 2000
Robert Morrison leads the list, covered in 26 languages. Close behind are William Turner and N. T. Wright. The largest group, 22, was born in the 20th century. The list’s best known name, Robert Morrison, dates from 1782.
Born here
46
notable people
Best known
Robert Morrison
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1510
William Turner
Youngest
2000
Jack Young
Most common field
Sports
30 people
What stands out about Morpeth’s famous people
The best known
Born in Morpeth
Two of the three are ministers and preachers.
#1WT#2
Politics & Law
William Turner
1510–156816th century English Protestant reformer, physician and natural historian
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#3Through the years
When Morpeth’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 5 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsFaithScience & MedicinePolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Morpeth is known for
Compared with the usual town, ministers and preachers are the most over-represented field, at 3.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Morpeth
The other 43 span the years 1780 to 2000.
John Cuthbert Hedley
1837–1915Bishop of Newport and Menevia; Bishop of Newport (1837–1915)
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Bill Rutherford
born 1955Professor and Chair in Biochemistry of Solar Energy in the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London
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Billy Bullock
1880–1963SportsWikipedia ↗
John Pringle Appleby
1892–1966NotableWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Ashington leads the towns around it, with 83 names.
Ashington · 5 miBobby Charlton & 82 more
Blyth · 7 miDan Burn & 40 more
Bedlington · 5 miDaniel Gooch & 25 more
Cramlington · 7 miAndy Sinton & 17 more
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea · 7 miDavid Loggie & 6 moreCBStakeford · 4 miCharlie Brown & 3 moreBKPegswood · 2 miBilly Kidd & 1 moreBMWiddrington Station · 6 miBob Morton & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Morpeth
Who is the most famous person from Morpeth?
Robert Morrison (British evangelist and first Christian Protestant missionary to China (1782-1834)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages. Next come William Turner and N. T. Wright.
How many famous people were born in Morpeth?
46 people born in Morpeth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 54 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Morpeth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 30 of the 46. That is 65% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Morpeth?
William Turner, born in 1510. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Morpeth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Morpeth’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 (12)
- Robert Morrison: John R. Wildman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- N. T. Wright: Gareth Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamish Turnbull: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Crawhall: T and R Annan, Glasgow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Stoddart: Virgil Lucky, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Rutherford: Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Bullock: Harry Hall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Charlton: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Burn: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Gooch: Thomas Dewell Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Sinton: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Loggie: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
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