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Photo: Bob1960evens · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Langold, Nottinghamshire
2 famous people call Langold their birthplace
The best known is the English footballer Percy Downes, with articles in 5 languages. The only other name is the British television presenter Anne Foy. The nearest list is in Worksop, 4 mi away: 95 names, starting with Donald Pleasence. The oldest name on the list belongs to Percy Downes, born in 1905, the newest to Anne Foy, born in 1986.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Percy Downes
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Percy Downes
Youngest
1986
Anne Foy
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Langold
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Known for
What Langold is known for
Share of Langold’s famous people in each field.
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
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Worksop · 4 miDonald Pleasence & 94 more
Maltby · 5 miLiam Kirk & 21 moreDJDinnington · 4 miDick Neal, Jr. & 7 more
Tickhill · 4 miAldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough & 6 moreWQNorth Anston · 4 miWally Quinton & 2 moreFSShireoaks · 4 miFrederick Stocks & 1 moreDBCarlton in Lindrick · 1 miDavid BarberHEBlyth · 2 miHenry EllisonQuestions about famous people from Langold
Who is the most famous person from Langold?
Percy Downes (English footballer (1905-1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Anne Foy.
How many famous people were born in Langold?
2 people born in Langold have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Langold 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 Langold?
Percy Downes, born in 1905. The youngest on the list was born in 1986.
Who counts as from Langold?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Langold’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 (3)
- Donald Pleasence: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Kirk: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough: Philip de László, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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