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I. A. Richards
1893–1979English literary critic and rhetorician (1893–1979)
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Famous people · Sandbach, Cheshire
13 famous people were born in Sandbach from 1542 to 2007
I. A. Richards, the English literary critic and rhetorician, is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. In the Victorian era, 6 were born, the most of any period. Athletes make up the largest group, 9 of them. Only 13 of the 56 towns in Cheshire with anyone on record list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
I. A. Richards
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1542
William James
Youngest
2007
Mia Brookes
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Sandbach
I. A. Richards has articles in 26 languages, Frank Roberts in 10 and Mia Brookes in 10.
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Through the years
When Sandbach’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 4.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sandbach is known for
Sandbach has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sandbach
Another 10, the earliest born in 1542.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Crewe, with 111.
Questions about famous people from Sandbach
Who is the most famous person from Sandbach?
I. A. Richards (English literary critic and rhetorician (1893–1979)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages. Next come Frank Roberts and Mia Brookes.
How many famous people were born in Sandbach?
13 people born in Sandbach have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 15 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Sandbach known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 13. That is 69% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sandbach?
William James, born in 1542. The youngest on the list was born in 2007.
Who counts as from Sandbach?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Sandbach’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 (7)
- I. A. Richards: © Richards family archive, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William James: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Powell: Geoffrey Chisnall, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Garner: Midnightblueowl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ford: National Lottery Good Causes, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Bell: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theophilus Lindsey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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