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Photo: Richard Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.5Famous people · Meltham, West Yorkshire
Meltham, birthplace of the British judge David Hirst
The British judge David Hirst was born in 1925. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in one language so far. Of its neighbours, Huddersfield, 5 mi away, lists the most: 325, Harold Wilson first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
David Hirst
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1925
David Hirst
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Meltham
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Huddersfield has the most people on record, 325 of them.
Questions about famous people from Meltham
Who is the most famous person from Meltham?
David Hirst (British judge) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Meltham?
1 people born in Meltham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Meltham known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Meltham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Meltham’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 (4)
- Harold Wilson: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Gunning: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dora Marsden: G. C. Beresford, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clement Armitage: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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