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Famous people · Scholar Green, Cheshire
2 famous people call Scholar Green their birthplace
Most widely known is George Clawley, the English footballer, with articles in 4 languages. The other is Richard Wilbraham, the British Army officer. For more famous names, Congleton is 4 mi away: its list has 32, led by Alan Garner. The oldest name on the list belongs to Richard Wilbraham, born in 1811, the newest to George Clawley, born in 1875.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
George Clawley
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Richard Wilbraham
Youngest
1875
George Clawley
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Scholar Green
#2Known for
What Scholar Green is known for
Share of Scholar Green’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Congleton lists the most people: 32.
Congleton · 4 miAlan Garner & 31 more
Sandbach · 5 miI. A. Richards & 12 more
Kidsgrove · 1 miR. J. Mitchell & 11 more
Alsager · 3 miLee Bell & 7 more
Biddulph · 3 miJames Wilson & 7 more
Audley · 4 miFred Buck & 4 moreRBHarriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel · 2 miRalph Barlow & 1 moreMOTalke and Talke Pits · 2 miMargaret O'FlynnQuestions about famous people from Scholar Green
Who is the most famous person from Scholar Green?
George Clawley (English footballer (1875-1920)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Richard Wilbraham.
How many famous people were born in Scholar Green?
2 people born in Scholar Green have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Scholar Green known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Scholar Green?
Richard Wilbraham, born in 1811. The youngest on the list was born in 1875.
Who counts as from Scholar Green?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Scholar Green’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)
- Richard Wilbraham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Garner: Midnightblueowl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- I. A. Richards: © Richards family archive, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- R. J. Mitchell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Bell: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wilson: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Buck: Downingman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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