#1Film, TV & Stage
Mary-Ann Ochota
born 1981British broadcaster and anthropologist
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Famous people · Pickmere, Cheshire
Pickmere has just one famous person to its name: Mary-Ann Ochota
Mary-Ann Ochota, the British broadcaster and anthropologist, was born in 1981. Readers can find them written up in 6 languages. Just 4 mi away, Knutsford’s list holds 23 names, Lucy Morton the best known. No town in Cheshire lists more than Chester, with 296.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Mary-Ann Ochota
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1981
Mary-Ann Ochota
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Pickmere
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Pickmere, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Pickmere
Who is the most famous person from Pickmere?
Mary-Ann Ochota (British broadcaster and anthropologist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages.
How many famous people were born in Pickmere?
1 people born in Pickmere have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Pickmere known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Pickmere?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pickmere’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)
- Mary-Ann Ochota: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucy Morton: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Todd: Selznick International Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Mallory: Sandy Wollaston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Legh Winser: The Register, Adelaide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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