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Famous people · Liversedge, West Yorkshire
The 5 famous people born in Liversedge, led by Susan Hearnshaw
Articles in 15 languages make the British long jumper Susan Hearnshaw the best known. Close behind are Will Hatfield and Angus Pollock. 4 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. The list comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 residents, below the 5 of the typical town in West Yorkshire.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Susan Hearnshaw
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
John Fozard
Youngest
1991
Will Hatfield
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Liversedge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Liversedge’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Liversedge
Susan Hearnshaw has articles in 15 languages, Will Hatfield in 4 and Angus Pollock in 3.
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Will Hatfield
born 1991English association football player (born 1991)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What Liversedge is known for
3 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Liversedge
Still to come: 2 more, from 1928 to 1932.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Dewsbury, at 155.
Dewsbury · 3 miOwen Willans Richardson & 154 more
Batley · 2 miJoseph Priestley & 33 moreBYBrighouse · 4 miBarbara Young & 18 moreRHCleckheaton · 1 miRoger Hargreaves & 16 more
Mirfield · 2 miPatrick Stewart & 16 more
Heckmondwike · 1 miThomas Archer Hirst & 8 more
Kirkheaton · 4 miWilfred Rhodes & 6 moreMTGomersal and Birkenshaw · 2 miMary Taylor & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Liversedge
Who is the most famous person from Liversedge?
Susan Hearnshaw (British long jumper) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Will Hatfield and Angus Pollock.
How many famous people were born in Liversedge?
5 people born in Liversedge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Liversedge known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Liversedge?
John Fozard, born in 1928. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Liversedge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Liversedge’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 (6)
- Will Hatfield: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Willans Richardson: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Priestley: Ellen Sharples, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Stewart: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Archer Hirst: Unknown, believed to be in the PD., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfred Rhodes: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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