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Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Mickletown, West Yorkshire
3 famous people were born in Mickletown from 1847 to 1966
The best known is the English rugby league footballer Arthur Haigh, with an article in one language. Second place goes to the English county cricketer George Savile, third to Kelvin Skerrett. The neighbour with the longest list is Castleford, 3 mi away: 74, led by Henry Moore. For every 10,000 residents there are 8.9 on the list, well above the typical West Yorkshire town’s 5.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Arthur Haigh
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
George Savile
Youngest
1966
Kelvin Skerrett
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Mickletown
All three are athletes.
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Sports
Kelvin Skerrett
born 1966English rugby league footballer and coach
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
6 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Mickletown
Who is the most famous person from Mickletown?
Arthur Haigh (English rugby league footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come George Savile and Kelvin Skerrett.
How many famous people were born in Mickletown?
3 people born in Mickletown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Mickletown known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mickletown?
George Savile, born in 1847. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
Who counts as from Mickletown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mickletown’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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