Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person from Methley yet, but Castleford next door has 74
In West Yorkshire, 90 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in West Yorkshire is Leeds’, with 1,215 names. Bradford has the second-longest list in West Yorkshire, after Leeds, with 669. The best known born in Castleford is Henry Moore.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Methley’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Methley yet.
Famous people born near Methley
The longest list nearby is Castleford’s, with 74.
Questions about famous people from Methley
Who counts as from Methley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Methley’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)
- Henry Moore: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Frobisher: Cornelis Ketel, Public domain, 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
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