#1Politics & Law
H. H. Asquith
1852–1928British politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 (1852–1928)
80 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Morley, West Yorkshire
H. H. Asquith leads the 27 famous people born in Morley
Articles about H. H. Asquith exist in 80 languages. The English novelist and screenwriter Helen Fielding ranks second, ahead of Jonny Howson. The list is still growing: 7 were born since 1970. The earliest on the list is Titus Salt, born in 1803, and the youngest Josh Austerfield, born in 2001.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
H. H. Asquith
in 80 Wikipedia languages
First
1803
Titus Salt
Youngest
2001
Josh Austerfield
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Morley’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Morley
Languages with an article: 80 for H. H. Asquith, 44 for Helen Fielding, 21 for Jonny Howson.
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#2Writing & Arts
Helen Fielding
born 1958English novelist and screenwriter (born 1958)
44 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Sports
Jonny Howson
born 1988English association football player (born 1988)
21 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Morley’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Morley is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is scientists and doctors, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Morley
Here are 24 more, born from 1803 to 2001.
Vera Scarth-Johnson
1912–1999British-Australian botanist and botanical illustrator (1912–1999)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Leeds leads the towns around it, with 1,215 names.
Leeds · 5 miPeter O'Toole & 1,214 more
Dewsbury · 4 miOwen Willans Richardson & 154 more
Batley · 3 miJoseph Priestley & 33 more
Pudsey · 5 miBenjamin Henry Latrobe & 30 more
Ossett · 5 miColin Sturgess & 12 more
Heckmondwike · 4 miThomas Archer Hirst & 8 moreMTGomersal and Birkenshaw · 4 miMary Taylor & 4 moreCHGildersome · 2 miClifford Holliday & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Morley
Who is the most famous person from Morley?
H. H. Asquith (British politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 (1852–1928)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 80 languages. Next come Helen Fielding and Jonny Howson.
How many famous people were born in Morley?
27 people born in Morley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 28 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Morley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 17 of the 27. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Morley?
Titus Salt, born in 1803. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Morley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Morley’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 (18)
- H. H. Asquith: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Fielding: HFprofemail at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonny Howson: Peterdavidson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Peel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beverley Callard: Man Alive!, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Titus Salt: Illustration from Harper's Monthly, vol. 44, 1872., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Charlesworth: User:Robertsckemp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gavin Rothery: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Scruton: Frédéric_Vaccari.JPG: Gerard Barrau derivative work: The Infoboxer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Greenwood: Paul Kelly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Kaye: Catalans_Quins.JPG: Gerard Barrau derivative work: This deal is getting worse all the time., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter O'Toole: ABC TV, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Willans Richardson: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Priestley: Ellen Sharples, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Sturgess: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Archer Hirst: Unknown, believed to be in the PD., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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