Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Askern is listed yet
A short trip away, Adwick le Street (3 mi) counts 6 famous people, David Pegg among them. No town in South Yorkshire lists more than Sheffield, with 1,191. After Sheffield, the next longest list in South Yorkshire is Doncaster’s, with 278. 54 towns in South Yorkshire have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Askern’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Askern yet.
Famous people born near Askern
Nearby, Adwick le Street has the most on record, with 6.
Adwick le Street · 3 miDavid Pegg & 5 moreGSCampsall · 1 miGeorge Swindin & 4 moreEDBentley · 5 miEric James Denton & 4 more
Stainforth · 5 miGeorge Porter & 3 more
Dunscroft and Hatfield · 6 miJanet Baker & 3 moreNMKirk Sandall and Edenthorpe · 5 miNeil Mallender & 1 moreBSArksey · 4 miBarry SwallowMRScawthorpe and Cusworth · 5 miMartin RedmondQuestions about famous people from Askern
Who counts as from Askern?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Askern’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)
- David Pegg: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Porter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Janet Baker: Ron Kroon for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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