#1Famous people · High Legh, Cheshire
High Legh, birthplace of the British golfer and cricketer Legh Winser
Legh Winser, the British golfer and cricketer, was born in 1884. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. The nearest list is in Warrington, 6 mi away: 254 names, starting with Tim Curry.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Legh Winser
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Legh Winser
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in High Legh
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Famous people from the towns next door
Warrington leads the towns around it, with 254 names.
Questions about famous people from High Legh
Who is the most famous person from High Legh?
Legh Winser (British golfer and cricketer (1884-1983)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in High Legh?
1 people born in High Legh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is High Legh known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from High Legh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside High Legh’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 (8)
- Legh Winser: The Register, Adelaide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Curry: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Cartwright: Tenebrae (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucy Morton: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ireland: Herbert Lambert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Pulman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Mallory: Sandy Wollaston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Anstee: Benjamin Wareing, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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