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Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Pegswood, Northumberland
2 famous people call Pegswood their birthplace
At the top of the list is the English footballer Billy Kidd, covered in 5 languages. The list has one more: the English footballer Billy Robinson. Go 3 mi to Ashington and the list grows to 83, with Bobby Charlton at the top. Billy Robinson, born in 1898, is the earliest name and Billy Kidd, born in 1907, the latest.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Billy Kidd
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Billy Robinson
Youngest
1907
Billy Kidd
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Pegswood
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Pegswood, with how many people each has.
Ashington · 3 miBobby Charlton & 82 more
Morpeth · 2 miRobert Morrison & 45 more
Blyth · 6 miDan Burn & 40 more
Bedlington · 4 miDaniel Gooch & 25 more
Cramlington · 7 miAndy Sinton & 17 more
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea · 5 miDavid Loggie & 6 moreCBStakeford · 3 miCharlie Brown & 3 moreBMWiddrington Station · 4 miBob Morton & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Pegswood
Who is the most famous person from Pegswood?
Billy Kidd (English footballer (1907-1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Billy Robinson.
How many famous people were born in Pegswood?
2 people born in Pegswood have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Pegswood known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pegswood?
Billy Robinson, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1907.
Who counts as from Pegswood?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pegswood’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 (6)
- 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
- 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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