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Science & Medicine
Fred Hoyle
1915–2001British astronomer (1915–2001)
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Famous people · Bingley, West Yorkshire
Of the 27 famous people born in Bingley, an unusual share are performers
At the top of the list is the British astronomer Fred Hoyle, covered in 69 languages. Second place goes to the British actor Rodney Bewes, third to James Hill. The list is still growing: 8 were born since 1970. In the 20th century, 14 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
Fred Hoyle
in 69 Wikipedia languages
First
1761
William Wickham
Youngest
1996
Ben Whitfield
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Bingley’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Bingley
Performers take two of the three places.
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Film, TV & Stage
James Hill
1919–1994British film and television director, screenwriter and producer (1919–1994)
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Known for
What Bingley is known for
Bingley has 2.2× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bingley’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawNotableMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bingley
Another 24, 12 of them athletes.
F. W. Walbank
1909–2008English classical scholar and historian (1909–2008)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Kate Dearden
born 1994British politician, from 2024, Member of Parliament for Halifax
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Bradford’s, at 669 names.
Questions about famous people from Bingley
Who is the most famous person from Bingley?
Fred Hoyle (British astronomer (1915–2001)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 69 languages. Next come Rodney Bewes and James Hill.
How many famous people were born in Bingley?
27 people born in Bingley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bingley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 12 of the 27. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bingley?
William Wickham, born in 1761. The youngest on the list was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Bingley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bingley’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 (19)
- Rodney Bewes: Copyright claimant: Jason Hobbs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- F. W. Walbank: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Hutchinson: Agljones at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Jebb: DeLarge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Dearden: ©House of Commons / Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Carter: OnlyFans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wickham: Tripti Joshiunlikely, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Whitfield: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Scarbrough: Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter James Thomas: Ptbr10481, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hartley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Broadley: www.rugbyleagueheritageproject.com, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Jones: Steven Davidson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Haigh: Thetapeworm, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Victor Appleton: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Moore: British Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Richardson: Reginald Gray, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Brontë: George Richmond, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Riley: Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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