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Famous people · Manchester
Walter Wheeler, born in 1925, is Manchester’s famous person on record
Walter Wheeler was born in 1925. Their birth falls between 1920 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Of the towns next door, Augusta lists the most: 28, with Rachel Nichols first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Walter Wheeler
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1925
Walter Wheeler
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Manchester
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The neighbour with the most names is Augusta, at 28.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Manchester and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Jacob Abbott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel P. Benson: Nehemiah Cleaveland (1796-1877), Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. (1798-1884), authors. John Chester Buttre (1821-1893), engraver. James Ripley Osgood & Company (Boston, MA). publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lot M. Morrill: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hubbard: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Frank Stevens: Originally uploaded by Mr Curly (Transferred by Orlodrim), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Shepherd Nivison: White whirlwind, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons