Photo: Bob1960evens · Public domainNo famous person yet from Sprotbrough
Of its neighbours, Doncaster, 2 mi away, lists the most: 278, Diana Rigg first. No town in South Yorkshire lists more than Sheffield, with 1,191. Across South Yorkshire, 54 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Sprotbrough’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Sprotbrough yet.
Famous people born near Sprotbrough
Of the towns nearby, Doncaster lists the most people: 278.
Doncaster · 2 miDiana Rigg & 277 more
Mexborough · 5 miMike Hawthorn & 42 moreJBDenaby Main · 4 miJack Barker & 11 more
Conisbrough · 4 miRichard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge & 9 more
Adwick le Street · 4 miDavid Pegg & 5 moreEDBentley · 2 miEric James Denton & 4 moreMRScawthorpe and Cusworth · 1 miMartin RedmondITWarmsworth · 2 miInigo ThomasQuestions about famous people from Sprotbrough
Who counts as from Sprotbrough?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sprotbrough’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 (4)
- Diana Rigg: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Hawthorn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Pegg: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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