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Richard Fleming
1385–1431Archbishop of York elect; Bishop of Lincoln
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Famous people · Crofton, West Yorkshire
5 famous people were born in Crofton from 1385 to 1934
With articles in 6 languages, Richard Fleming is the most widely known. Edward Simpson is second and Harry Roberts third. The list comes to 8.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 5 in the typical town in West Yorkshire. More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Richard Fleming
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1385
Richard Fleming
Youngest
1934
John Shaw
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Crofton
Counted by languages, Richard Fleming is ahead of Edward Simpson and Harry Roberts: 6, 3 and 3.
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Through the years
When Crofton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1380s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Crofton is known for
Crofton has 1.6× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Crofton
2 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Wakefield counts 293 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Wakefield · 4 miBarbara Hepworth & 292 more
Normanton · 3 miMartin Frobisher & 28 moreRASharlston · 1 miReginald Allen & 8 moreCKFitzwilliam and Kinsley · 3 miCyril Knowles & 8 moreGBSouth Hiendley · 4 miGerry Baker & 4 morePDWalton · 1 miPhil Daley & 1 moreMGCrigglestone and Durkar · 4 miMalcolm Graham & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Crofton
Who is the most famous person from Crofton?
Richard Fleming (archbishop of York elect; Bishop of Lincoln) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Edward Simpson and Harry Roberts.
How many famous people were born in Crofton?
5 people born in Crofton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Crofton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 5. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Crofton?
Richard Fleming, born in 1385. The youngest on the list was born in 1934.
Who counts as from Crofton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Crofton’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)
- Richard Fleming: Rudolph Ackermann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Hepworth: Erling Mandelmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Frobisher: Cornelis Ketel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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