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Anderton Boat Lift, aqueduct, basins, meter building, toll houses and buried remains of salt chutes, inclined planes, the east basin and dockside features · Photo: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Barnton, Cheshire
Eaton Hodgkinson, born in 1789, is Barnton’s famous person on record
The British engineer Eaton Hodgkinson was born in 1789. That places their birth in the Georgian era. 10 languages have an article about them. Winsford, 6 mi away, has 22 on its list, the best known Danny Fox.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Eaton Hodgkinson
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1789
Eaton Hodgkinson
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Barnton
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Winsford counts 22 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Barnton
Who is the most famous person from Barnton?
Eaton Hodgkinson (British engineer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages.
How many famous people were born in Barnton?
1 people born in Barnton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Barnton known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Barnton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barnton’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 (4)
- Danny Fox: Nottingham Forest F.C., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Todd: Selznick International Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary-Ann Ochota: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Legh Winser: The Register, Adelaide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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