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Lucy Morton
1898–1980British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1898-1980)
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Famous people · Knutsford, Cheshire
Writers and artists stand out among the 23 famous people born in Knutsford
With articles in 18 languages, Lucy Morton is the most widely known. 8 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Born in 1744, James Neild is the first name on record, and Ruby Barnhill, born in 2004, the most recent. The list is still growing: 6 were born since 1970.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Lucy Morton
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1744
James Neild
Youngest
2004
Ruby Barnhill
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Knutsford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Knutsford is known for
Set against the usual town, business people come out 6.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Knutsford’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsBusinessPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Knutsford
Lucy Morton has articles in 18 languages, Ruby Barnhill in 18 and Michael Marshall Smith in 15.
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Writing & Arts
Michael Marshall Smith
born 1965British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Knutsford
A further 20 follow, born between 1744 and 1982.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Altrincham has the most on record: 47.
Questions about famous people from Knutsford
Who is the most famous person from Knutsford?
Lucy Morton (British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1898-1980)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Ruby Barnhill and Michael Marshall Smith.
How many famous people were born in Knutsford?
23 people born in Knutsford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 28 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Knutsford known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 23. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Knutsford?
James Neild, born in 1744. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Knutsford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Knutsford’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 (15)
- Lucy Morton: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruby Barnhill: GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Sharpe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet: Barraud & Jerrard, Photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Timpson: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Gleeson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Neild: Samuel De Wilde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Barber: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Robinson: An4l1z4, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Cartwright: Tenebrae (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ireland: Herbert Lambert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: Lowes Cato Dickinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Mallory: Sandy Wollaston, 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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