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Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Rufford, Nottinghamshire
Kate Lee, born in 1858, is Rufford’s famous person on record
In 1858, the British singer Kate Lee was born. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. One language has an article about them so far. Go 6 mi to Mansfield Woodhouse and the list grows to 7, with John Ogdon at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Kate Lee
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1858
Kate Lee
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Rufford
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Mansfield Woodhouse leads the towns around it, with 7 names.
JOMansfield Woodhouse · 6 miJohn Ogdon & 6 moreECBlidworth · 6 miErnie Coleman & 3 more
New Ollerton and Ollerton · 3 miKathleen Frances Barker & 1 more
Farnsfield · 5 miAugustus Charles Gregory & 1 moreBFMarket Warsop · 5 miBruce French & 1 moreDPWalesby · 4 miDuncan PocklingtonJHForest Town · 5 miJoseph Hodgetts
New Ollerton and Ollerton · 3 miKathleen Frances Barker & 1 moreFarnsfield · 5 miAugustus Charles Gregory & 1 moreBFMarket Warsop · 5 miBruce French & 1 moreDPWalesby · 4 miDuncan PocklingtonJHForest Town · 5 miJoseph HodgettsQuestions about famous people from Rufford
Who is the most famous person from Rufford?
Kate Lee (British singer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Rufford?
1 people born in Rufford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Rufford known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Rufford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rufford’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 (2)
- Kathleen Frances Barker: Storye book, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Charles Gregory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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