#1Famous people · Silsden, West Yorkshire
The 7 famous people born in Silsden, led by Dougie Lampkin
At the top of the list is the British motorcycle racer Dougie Lampkin, covered in 13 languages. Behind the leader come Martin Lampkin and Paul Newby. Since 1970, 4 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1950, Martin Lampkin is the first name on record, and Jack Reed, born in 1988, the most recent.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Dougie Lampkin
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
Martin Lampkin
Youngest
1988
Jack Reed
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Silsden’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Silsden’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1970s, with 3 births.
SportsNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Silsden
Two of the three are athletes.
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Known for
What Silsden is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Silsden
4 more, 3 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Keighley, with 86.
Keighley · 3 miTom Moore & 85 more
Skipton · 4 miHenry Sidgwick & 33 more
Ilkley · 5 miGeorgie Henley & 19 moreABSteeton · 1 miArran Brindle & 4 moreSLCarleton-in-Craven · 5 miSusanna Lister & 2 more
Cross Hills · 2 miRichard Robson & 1 more
Oakworth · 5 miThomas Moses & 1 more
Sutton-in-Craven · 2 miBrian HargreavesQuestions about famous people from Silsden
Who is the most famous person from Silsden?
Dougie Lampkin (British motorcycle racer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Martin Lampkin and Paul Newby.
How many famous people were born in Silsden?
7 people born in Silsden have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Silsden known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 7. That is 71% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Silsden?
Martin Lampkin, born in 1950. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Silsden?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Silsden’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 (9)
- Dougie Lampkin: Juan Fernández, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Lampkin: Peprovira, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Reed: Gerard Barrau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Moore: British Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Sidgwick: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgie Henley: Khedara Ariyaratne, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Robson: Karen Zhou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Moses: Petro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Hargreaves: Pauls32, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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