Photo: Dave.Dunford · Public domainRainow has yet to put a famous person on the list
Nearby, Macclesfield, 3 mi away, lists 94, led by Peter Crouch. In all of Cheshire, the famous people on record come from 56 towns. Chester’s 296 names make the longest list in Cheshire. After Chester, the next longest list in Cheshire is Warrington’s, with 254.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Rainow’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Rainow yet.
Famous people born near Rainow
The fullest list close by belongs to Macclesfield, with 94.
Macclesfield · 3 miPeter Crouch & 93 more
Prestbury · 3 miBrian Houghton Hodgson & 14 more
Alderley Edge · 7 miArthur Penrhyn Stanley & 7 moreJBBollington · 1 miJames Bailey & 6 more
Poynton · 5 miAlan Beith & 6 more'BDisley · 5 mi'Molly' Clutton Brock & 3 moreBJWhaley Bridge · 5 miBill Jones & 1 more
Woodford · 5 miSophie SkeltonQuestions about famous people from Rainow
Who counts as from Rainow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rainow’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)
- Peter Crouch: Original: CFC Unofficial (Debs) / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Houghton Hodgson: Louisa Starr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: Lowes Cato Dickinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Beith: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Skelton: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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