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Dora Marsden
1882–1960Feminist, journal editor, author (1882–1960)
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Famous people · Marsden, West Yorkshire
The 6 famous people born in Marsden, led by Dora Marsden
Dora Marsden is the best known, with articles in 19 languages. The oldest name on the list belongs to Hilton Crowther, born in 1879, the newest to Peter Ash, born in 1985. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. Per head, the list is long: 16.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in West Yorkshire has 5.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Dora Marsden
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Hilton Crowther
Youngest
1985
Peter Ash
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Marsden
Languages with an article: 19 for Dora Marsden, 5 for Roy Booth, 4 for Peter Ash.
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Through the years
When Marsden’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Marsden is known for
2 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 Marsden
3 more names, born between 1879 and 1983.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Holmfirth, at 16.
Questions about famous people from Marsden
Who is the most famous person from Marsden?
Dora Marsden (feminist, journal editor, author (1882–1960)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 19 languages. Next come Roy Booth and Peter Ash.
How many famous people were born in Marsden?
6 people born in Marsden have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Marsden known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Marsden?
Hilton Crowther, born in 1879. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Marsden?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Marsden’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)
- Dora Marsden: G. C. Beresford, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilton Crowther: Unknown photographer c1919, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Gunning: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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