#1Famous people · Mobberley, Cheshire
Mobberley counts 5 famous people, first among them George Mallory
Articles in 49 languages make the English mountaineer George Mallory the best known. Close behind are Trafford Leigh-Mallory and John Hulme. From George Mallory to Phil Blitz, the births on the list run from 1886 to 1984. No town in Cheshire lists more than Chester, with 296.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
George Mallory
in 49 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
George Mallory
Youngest
1984
Phil Blitz
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Mobberley’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Mobberley
Two of the three are athletes.
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#2Military
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
1892–1944British military officer during World Wars I and II (1892–1944)
24 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JH#3
Through the years
When Mobberley’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1880s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mobberley is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mobberley
Still to come: 2 more, from 1934 to 1984.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Altrincham has the most people on record, 47 of them.
Altrincham · 6 miAngela Cartwright & 46 more
Wythenshawe · 6 miRavel Morrison & 39 more
Knutsford · 2 miLucy Morton & 22 moreCNWilmslow · 4 miChris Nicholl & 15 more
Bowdon · 4 miJohn Ireland & 15 more
Alderley Edge · 4 miArthur Penrhyn Stanley & 7 more
High Legh · 6 miLegh Winser
Pickmere · 6 miMary-Ann OchotaQuestions about famous people from Mobberley
Who is the most famous person from Mobberley?
George Mallory (English mountaineer (1886-1924)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 49 languages. Next come Trafford Leigh-Mallory and John Hulme.
How many famous people were born in Mobberley?
5 people born in Mobberley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mobberley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mobberley?
George Mallory, born in 1886. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Mobberley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mobberley’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)
- George Mallory: Sandy Wollaston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trafford Leigh-Mallory: British official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Cartwright: Tenebrae (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ravel Morrison: Will bcfc, 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
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: Lowes Cato Dickinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Legh Winser: The Register, Adelaide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary-Ann Ochota: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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