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Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Bardsey, West Yorkshire
The English cricketer John Whittington is the one famous person from Bardsey
The English cricketer John Whittington was born in 1837. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in one language. Nearby, Wetherby, 4 mi away, lists 9, led by Michael Jackson.
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notable people
Best known
John Whittington
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1837
John Whittington
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Bardsey
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Wetherby, with 9.
Questions about famous people from Bardsey
Who is the most famous person from Bardsey?
John Whittington (English cricketer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Bardsey?
1 people born in Bardsey have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Bardsey known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Bardsey?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bardsey’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)
- Michael Jackson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Pitt Rivers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Vassall: Reginald Grenville Eves, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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