Famous People Born in Witton Park
- Brigadier General Roland Boys Bradford VC—youngest ever Brigadier General in the British Army at 25 (see the Bradford Brothers website for more information)
- Hebrew scholar Dr. Thomas Witton Davies raised and educated in Witton Park
- Henry Bolckow, the German partner of Bolckow Vaughan became a Member of Parliament as did Witton Park (and later Bishop Auckland) tradesman Ben Spoor.
- Lord Essenden (William Lewis) world shipping magnate was born and lived in Dents Villas.
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“My neighbors tell me of their adventures with famous gentlemen and ladies, what notabilities they met at the dinner-table; but I am no more interested in such things than in the contents of the Daily Times. The interest and the conversation are about costume and manners chiefly; but a goose is a goose still, dress it as you will.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.”
—Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)
“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1984)
“The park is filled with night and fog,
The veils are drawn about the world,”
—Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)