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Charlie Brown
1898–1979English footballer who played at outside-right (1898-1979)
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Photo: george hurrell · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Stakeford, Northumberland
Stakeford is the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the English footballer who played at outside-right Charlie Brown, with articles in 4 languages. Second place goes to the English footballer Jonny Godsmark, third to Billy Ingham. The list comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Northumberland, at 6.2. Jonny Godsmark, born in 1989, is the youngest, and Charlie Brown, born in 1898, the first on record.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Charlie Brown
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Charlie Brown
Youngest
1989
Jonny Godsmark
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Stakeford
Charlie Brown leads with articles in 4 languages, ahead of Jonny Godsmark (4) and Billy Ingham (3).
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Through the years
When Stakeford’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Stakeford
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Famous people from the towns next door
Ashington leads the towns around it, with 83 names.
Ashington · 2 miBobby Charlton & 82 more
Morpeth · 4 miRobert Morrison & 45 more
Blyth · 4 miDan Burn & 40 more
Bedlington · 2 miDaniel Gooch & 25 more
Cramlington · 5 miAndy Sinton & 17 more
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea · 3 miDavid Loggie & 6 moreBKPegswood · 3 miBilly Kidd & 1 moreCIEllington · 4 miCecil Irwin & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Stakeford
Who is the most famous person from Stakeford?
Charlie Brown (English footballer who played at outside-right (1898-1979)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Jonny Godsmark and Billy Ingham.
How many famous people were born in Stakeford?
4 people born in Stakeford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Stakeford known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 4. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stakeford?
Charlie Brown, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Stakeford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stakeford’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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