#1Writing & Arts
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
1815–1881English churchman, Dean of Westminster (1815-1881)
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Famous people · Alderley Edge, Cheshire
Most of the 8 famous people born in Alderley Edge came into the world in the 20th century
With articles in 12 languages, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley is the most widely known. Devante Cole is second and Harry Burgess third. The list comes to 17.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 5.4 in the typical town in Cheshire. Born in 1815, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley is the first name on record, and Devante Cole, born in 1995, the most recent.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Youngest
1995
Devante Cole
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Alderley Edge
First, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (12 languages), then Devante Cole (10) and Harry Burgess (10).
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#2Sports
Devante Cole
born 1995English professional footballer (born 1995)
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Through the years
When Alderley Edge’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Alderley Edge is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Alderley Edge
Here are 5 more, born from 1859 to 1946.
J. Norman Collie
1859–1942British scientist, mountaineer and explorer (1859-1942)
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William Fairhurst
1903–1982British chess player and bridge designer (1903-1982)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Macclesfield leads the towns around it, with 94 names.
Macclesfield · 5 miPeter Crouch & 93 more
Wythenshawe · 6 miRavel Morrison & 39 more
Knutsford · 6 miLucy Morton & 22 moreCNWilmslow · 2 miChris Nicholl & 15 more
Prestbury · 4 miBrian Houghton Hodgson & 14 more
Cheadle Hulme · 5 miTim McInnerny & 13 more
Bramhall · 5 miSacha Dhawan & 6 moreJBBollington · 5 miJames Bailey & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Alderley Edge
Who is the most famous person from Alderley Edge?
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (English churchman, Dean of Westminster (1815-1881)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Devante Cole and Harry Burgess.
How many famous people were born in Alderley Edge?
8 people born in Alderley Edge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Alderley Edge known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Alderley Edge?
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, born in 1815. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Alderley Edge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Alderley Edge’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 (9)
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: Lowes Cato Dickinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Devante Cole: EchetusXe, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Norman Collie: Bentley, Ronald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Crouch: Original: CFC Unofficial (Debs) / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ravel Morrison: Will bcfc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucy Morton: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Houghton Hodgson: Louisa Starr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim McInnerny: eye4images, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sacha Dhawan: German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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