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Photo: Robert Wade · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
8 famous people were born in Hebden Bridge from 1881 to 1991
Articles in 7 languages make the British composer Harry Mortimer the best known. The British actress Paula Lane ranks second, ahead of Roy Crossley. In the 20th century, 4 were born, the most of any period. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Harry Mortimer
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Lavena Saltonstall
Youngest
1991
Dario Coates
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Hebden Bridge
By how many languages cover them, Harry Mortimer comes first (7), then Paula Lane (7) and Roy Crossley (5).
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Through the years
When Hebden Bridge’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hebden Bridge is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hebden Bridge
Another 5, the earliest born in 1881.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Halifax, at 306.
Questions about famous people from Hebden Bridge
Who is the most famous person from Hebden Bridge?
Harry Mortimer (British composer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Paula Lane and Roy Crossley.
How many famous people were born in Hebden Bridge?
8 people born in Hebden Bridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hebden Bridge known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 8. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hebden Bridge?
Lavena Saltonstall, born in 1881. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Hebden Bridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hebden Bridge’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 (5)
- Ed Sheeran: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cockcroft: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Hughes: Layle Silbert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Butterfield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irene Collins: BabyViola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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