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Famous people · Davenham, Cheshire
Davenham’s famous people span 422 years: 6 births from 1554 to 1976
The best known is the cricketer Charles Eccles, with articles in 5 languages. The largest group, 3, was born in the Victorian era. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. The list’s best known name, Charles Eccles, dates from 1843.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Charles Eccles
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1554
Richard Wyche
Youngest
1976
Steve Woods
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Davenham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Davenham’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Davenham
Charles Eccles leads with articles in 5 languages, ahead of Steve Woods (4) and T. Frederick Candlyn (3).
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What Davenham is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Davenham
3 more names, born between 1554 and 1971.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Winsford leads the towns around it, with 22 names.
Questions about famous people from Davenham
Who is the most famous person from Davenham?
Charles Eccles (cricketer (1843-1890)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Steve Woods and T. Frederick Candlyn.
How many famous people were born in Davenham?
6 people born in Davenham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Davenham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Davenham?
Richard Wyche, born in 1554. The youngest on the list was born in 1976.
Who counts as from Davenham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Davenham’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 (6)
- T. Frederick Candlyn: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Fox: Nottingham Forest F.C., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theophilus Lindsey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ford: National Lottery Good Causes, CC BY 3.0, 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
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