Photo: Peter I. Vardy · Public domainNo one born in Moore has made the famous people list yet
Within 3 mi, Warrington lists the most: 254, with Tim Curry first. 56 of the towns in Cheshire list at least one person. Chester has the most of any town in Cheshire: 296.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Moore’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Moore yet.
Famous people born near Moore
Of the towns around it, Warrington has the most on record: 254.
Questions about famous people from Moore
Who counts as from Moore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Moore’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 (5)
- Tim Curry: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Glover Barkla: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hall Caine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Barlow: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoffrey Hornby: Russell (photographic company ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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