#1Famous people · Riding Mill, Northumberland
Riding Mill, birthplace of the English cricketer Tom Graveney
Tom Graveney, the English cricketer, was born in 1927. Their birth falls in the 20th century. 10 languages have an article about them. Within 5 mi, Hexham lists the most: 72, with Fraser Forster first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Tom Graveney
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Tom Graveney
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Riding Mill
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Hexham, at 72.
Hexham · 5 miFraser Forster & 71 more
Corbridge · 3 miSteve Bruce & 20 moreRCChopwell · 7 miRonnie Cairns & 12 more
Prudhoe · 5 miBen Alnwick & 11 more
High Spen · 8 miStuart Bell & 8 moreEBCrawcrook and Greenside · 8 miErnest Beardshaw & 4 moreJCMedomsley · 8 miJohn Charles & 3 moreACBlackhall Mill · 7 miAusten Campbell & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Riding Mill
Who is the most famous person from Riding Mill?
Tom Graveney (English cricketer (1927-2015)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages.
How many famous people were born in Riding Mill?
1 people born in Riding Mill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Riding Mill known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Riding Mill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Riding Mill’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)
- Tom Graveney: Harry Martin (Sydney Morning Herald), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fraser Forster: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Bruce: Ronnie Macdonald, CC BY 2.0, 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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