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Famous people · Darlaston, West Midlands
Of the 17 famous people born in Darlaston, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 6 languages make the English footballer Bill Arblaster the best known. Billy Annis is second and Sidney Evans third. 8 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. The first birth on record is Richard Blakemore’s, in 1775, and the last Netan Sansara’s, in 1989.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Bill Arblaster
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1775
Richard Blakemore
Youngest
1989
Netan Sansara
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Darlaston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Darlaston is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Darlaston
All three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Darlaston’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Darlaston
The rest number 14, with 12 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Wolverhampton, at 450.
Wolverhampton · 4 miLiam Payne & 449 more
Walsall · 3 miJerome K. Jerome & 178 moreGCWednesbury · 1 miGarry Cook & 61 moreJFBilston · 1 miJames Fleet & 44 more
Tipton · 2 miMargaret MacDonald & 39 more
Willenhall · 2 miAllan Clarke & 23 more
Sedgley · 4 miBrian Berry & 17 more
Bloxwich · 4 miCharlie Athersmith & 14 moreQuestions about famous people from Darlaston
Who is the most famous person from Darlaston?
Bill Arblaster (English footballer (born 1900)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Billy Annis and Sidney Evans.
How many famous people were born in Darlaston?
17 people born in Darlaston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 19 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Darlaston known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 15 of the 17. That is 88% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Darlaston?
Richard Blakemore, born in 1775. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Darlaston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Darlaston’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 (10)
- Netan Sansara: Imonone89, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Rhodes: Beau’s Toy Farm, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Butler: Port Vale F.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Blakemore: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Payne: Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome K. Jerome: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret MacDonald: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Clarke: lufcfilms, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Berry: Ybargal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Athersmith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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