#1Famous people · Frodsham, Cheshire
The 7 famous people born in Frodsham, led by Gary Barlow
The best known is the British singer Gary Barlow, with articles in 35 languages. Harriet Shaw Weaver and Alice Coote follow. Most were born in the 20th century: 5 of them. Born in 1876, Harriet Shaw Weaver is the first name on record, and Gary Barlow, born in 1971, the most recent.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Gary Barlow
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Harriet Shaw Weaver
Youngest
1971
Gary Barlow
Most common field
Music
2 people
What stands out about Frodsham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Frodsham’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 2 births.
MusicSportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Frodsham
First, Gary Barlow (35 languages), then Harriet Shaw Weaver (13) and Alice Coote (9).
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Harriet Shaw Weaver
1876–1961British magazine editor, journalist and political activist (1876-1961)
13 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Known for
What Frodsham is known for
Share of Frodsham’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Frodsham
4 more names, born between 1920 and 1968.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Widnes lists the most people: 80.
Questions about famous people from Frodsham
Who is the most famous person from Frodsham?
Gary Barlow (British singer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 35 languages. Next come Harriet Shaw Weaver and Alice Coote.
How many famous people were born in Frodsham?
7 people born in Frodsham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Frodsham known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Frodsham?
Harriet Shaw Weaver, born in 1876. The youngest on the list was born in 1971.
Who counts as from Frodsham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Frodsham’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)
- Gary Barlow: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Shaw Weaver: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Coote: Winnetka Library Credit: Clive Barda, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benny Jones: Harry Sagers / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Marsden: Marsdenp at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Latham: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Glover Barkla: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hall Caine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Middleton: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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