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Photo: Kevin Waterhouse · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Emley, West Yorkshire
Emley has just one famous person to its name: Alan Walker
In 1962, the cricketer Alan Walker was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 4 languages. Horbury, 4 mi away, has 5 on its list, the best known Stan Barstow.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Alan Walker
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1962
Alan Walker
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Emley
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Emley
Who is the most famous person from Emley?
Alan Walker (cricketer (born 1962)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Emley?
1 people born in Emley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Emley 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 Emley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Emley’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 (2)
- Jodie Whittaker: Ann Wallsmith for Galaxy Con, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Copley: Mahmoud Osman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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