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Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Walton, West Yorkshire
Walton is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Phil Daley, the English footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The only other name is the British footballer Jimmy Seal. The oldest name on the list belongs to Jimmy Seal, born in 1950, the newest to Phil Daley, born in 1967. The nearest list is in Wakefield, 3 mi away: 293 names, starting with Barbara Hepworth.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Phil Daley
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
Jimmy Seal
Youngest
1967
Phil Daley
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Walton
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Wakefield has the longest list next door: 293.
Wakefield · 3 miBarbara Hepworth & 292 more
Normanton · 4 miMartin Frobisher & 28 moreRASharlston · 2 miReginald Allen & 8 moreCKFitzwilliam and Kinsley · 4 miCyril Knowles & 8 more
Crofton · 1 miRichard Fleming & 4 moreSBHorbury · 4 miStan Barstow & 4 moreGBSouth Hiendley · 4 miGerry Baker & 4 moreMGCrigglestone and Durkar · 3 miMalcolm Graham & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Walton
Who is the most famous person from Walton?
Phil Daley (English footballer (born 1967)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Jimmy Seal.
How many famous people were born in Walton?
2 people born in Walton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Walton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Walton?
Jimmy Seal, born in 1950. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Walton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Walton’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 (3)
- Barbara Hepworth: Erling Mandelmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Frobisher: Cornelis Ketel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Fleming: Rudolph Ackermann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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