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Footpath Guidepost 25 Metres South West of Bridge Farmhouse · Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saughall, Cheshire
Saughall has just one famous person to its name: John Wright
John Wright was born in 1899. That places their birth in the Victorian era. An article about them exists in one language. For more famous names, Chester is 3 mi away: its list has 296, led by Daniel Craig.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
John Wright
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
John Wright
The best known
Born in Saughall
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Chester counts 296 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Saughall
Who is the most famous person from Saughall?
John Wright (greyhound trainer, born 1899) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Saughall?
1 people born in Saughall have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who counts as from Saughall?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Saughall’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 (3)
- Daniel Craig: Max Surprenant, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Mercer: Dr. David France, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Speed: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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