#1Famous people · Notton, West Yorkshire
Heidi Allen, born in 1975, is Notton’s famous person on record
Heidi Allen, the British politician, was born in 1975. Their story is told in 8 languages. A short trip away, Darton (3 mi) counts 11 famous people, Dave Booth among them. In West Yorkshire, 90 towns have someone on the list.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Heidi Allen
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1975
Heidi Allen
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Notton
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
DBDarton · 3 miDave Booth & 10 more
Cudworth and Shafton · 3 miDorothy Hyman & 7 moreGBSouth Hiendley · 3 miGerry Baker & 4 more
Crofton · 4 miRichard Fleming & 4 more
Barugh Green and Redbrook · 4 miNorman Yardley & 3 moreASBarnsley · 4 miArnie Sidebottom & 3 morePDWalton · 3 miPhil Daley & 1 moreMGCrigglestone and Durkar · 3 miMalcolm Graham & 1 more
Cudworth and Shafton · 3 miDorothy Hyman & 7 moreGBSouth Hiendley · 3 miGerry Baker & 4 moreCrofton · 4 miRichard Fleming & 4 moreBarugh Green and Redbrook · 4 miNorman Yardley & 3 moreASBarnsley · 4 miArnie Sidebottom & 3 morePDWalton · 3 miPhil Daley & 1 moreMGCrigglestone and Durkar · 3 miMalcolm Graham & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Notton
Who is the most famous person from Notton?
Heidi Allen (British politician (born 1975)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages.
How many famous people were born in Notton?
1 people born in Notton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Notton 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 Notton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Notton’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)
- Heidi Allen: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Hyman: Mario De Biassi/Angelo Cozzi (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Fleming: Rudolph Ackermann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Yardley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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