#1Ogilvie Graham
1891–1971Irish cricketer and British Army officer (1891-1971)
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The best known is the Irish cricketer and British Army officer Ogilvie Graham, with articles in 2 languages. The other is Barry Hobson, the Irish cricketer and educator. Just 4 mi away, Belfast’s list holds 1,511 names, C. S. Lewis the best known. Ogilvie Graham (1891) and Barry Hobson (1925) mark the two ends of the list.

#1Irish cricketer and British Army officer (1891-1971)
Of the towns around it, Belfast has the most on record: 1,511.
Belfast · 4 miC. S. Lewis & 1,510 more
Lisburn · 3 miRay Stevenson & 92 more
Holywood · 10 miJamie Dornan & 23 moreCMMetropolitan Newtownabbey · 9 miCallum Marshall & 18 more
Dromore · 11 miSam Ferris & 12 moreNBMetropolitan Castlereagh · 7 miNoel Brotherston & 11 more
Hillsborough and Culcavy · 7 miHamilton Harty & 9 more
Saintfield · 10 miFrancis Hutcheson & 4 moreOgilvie Graham (Irish cricketer and British Army officer (1891-1971)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Barry Hobson.
2 people born in Metropolitan Lisburn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Ogilvie Graham, born in 1891. The youngest on the list was born in 1925.
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Metropolitan Lisburn’s settlement (NISRA’s settlement development limit), 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.
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