#1Writing & Arts
Herbert Butterfield
1900–1979British historian (1900 – 1979)
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Famous people · Oxenhope, West Yorkshire
Herbert Butterfield, born in 1900, is Oxenhope’s famous person on record
Herbert Butterfield, the British historian, was born in 1900. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 18 languages. Just 4 mi away, Keighley’s list holds 86 names, Tom Moore the best known.
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notable people
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Herbert Butterfield
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Herbert Butterfield
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Oxenhope
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Keighley: 86.
Questions about famous people from Oxenhope
Who is the most famous person from Oxenhope?
Herbert Butterfield (British historian (1900 – 1979)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages.
How many famous people were born in Oxenhope?
1 people born in Oxenhope have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Oxenhope known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Oxenhope?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Oxenhope’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 (6)
- Herbert Butterfield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Moore: British Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Brontë: George Richmond, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Hughes: Layle Silbert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Moses: Petro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irene Collins: BabyViola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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