#1Famous people · Mirfield, West Yorkshire
17 famous people were born in Mirfield, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
Articles in 80 languages make the British actor Patrick Stewart the best known. The largest group, 8, was born in the 20th century. For every 10,000 residents there are 8.7 on the list, well above the typical West Yorkshire town’s 5. The list is still growing: 6 were born since 1970.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Patrick Stewart
in 80 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
Hilda Annetta Walker
Youngest
1996
Jake Charles
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Mirfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Mirfield
Ranked by languages covered: Patrick Stewart with 80, then Brian Robinson with 14 and Mary Snell-Hornby with 9.
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#2MS#3
Writing & Arts
Mary Snell-Hornby
born 1940British-Austrian translator and scholar
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Known for
What Mirfield is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Mirfield’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mirfield
Still to come: 14 more, from 1877 to 1996.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Dewsbury · 3 miOwen Willans Richardson & 154 more
Batley · 3 miJoseph Priestley & 33 moreBYBrighouse · 4 miBarbara Young & 18 moreRHCleckheaton · 3 miRoger Hargreaves & 16 more
Heckmondwike · 2 miThomas Archer Hirst & 8 more
Kirkheaton · 2 miWilfred Rhodes & 6 moreSHLiversedge · 2 miSusan Hearnshaw & 4 moreMTGomersal and Birkenshaw · 4 miMary Taylor & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Mirfield
Who is the most famous person from Mirfield?
Patrick Stewart (British actor (born 1940)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 80 languages. Next come Brian Robinson and Mary Snell-Hornby.
How many famous people were born in Mirfield?
17 people born in Mirfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 19 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Mirfield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 17. That is 53% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mirfield?
Hilda Annetta Walker, born in 1877. The youngest on the list was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Mirfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mirfield’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 (11)
- Patrick Stewart: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Robinson: Harry Pot for Anefo ), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 911-3757, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- David Whyte: Eugene Kim, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Hitchen: Brian Townsley, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Womersley: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Auty: Michig, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilda Annetta Walker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Willans Richardson: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Priestley: Ellen Sharples, Public domain, 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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