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Will Boyle
born 1995English association football player (born 1995)
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Famous people · Garforth, West Yorkshire
12 famous people from Garforth, many of them athletes
The best known is the English association football player Will Boyle, with articles in 9 languages. The next two names are Reginald Tate and Nigel Davey. 5 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Will Boyle
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Jim Birch
Youngest
1995
Will Boyle
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Garforth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Garforth is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Garforth’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Garforth
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Garforth
Another 9, 7 of them athletes.
Kevin Rudd
born 1971Former professional Rugby League player, coach and administrator
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Castleford has the longest list next door: 74.
Questions about famous people from Garforth
Who is the most famous person from Garforth?
Will Boyle (English association football player (born 1995)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Reginald Tate and Nigel Davey.
How many famous people were born in Garforth?
12 people born in Garforth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Garforth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 12. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Garforth?
Jim Birch, born in 1878. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Garforth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Garforth’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 (8)
- Jim Birch: J.W.Birch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Rudd: Graham Rudd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Moore: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Smith: Toni Marsh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gullen: Aaron Hemsley, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Lowther: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Markham: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Vassall: Reginald Grenville Eves, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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