Which One Direction member was born in Doncaster, England?

Louis Tomlinson is the One Direction member who was born in Doncaster, England.

Tomlinson was born on 24 December 1991 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He was raised there and attended schools in the town, later drawing on his interest in performance when he appeared in school musical productions, including Grease.

In 2010, he auditioned for The X Factor as a solo contestant. Although he did not advance as an individual act, he was grouped with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik. That newly formed group became One Direction and finished third in the competition.

The wording can cause a small geographical mix-up: Doncaster is in South Yorkshire, England, rather than a separate country or region of the United Kingdom. Tomlinson’s birth name was Louis Troy Austin; he later took the surname Tomlinson from his stepfather. After One Direction’s hiatus, he continued as a solo singer-songwriter.