2 famous people call Styal their birthplace

James MacLachlan (British flying ace (1919–1943)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Barbara Greg.

2 people born in Styal have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.

Barbara Greg, born in 1900. The youngest on the list was born in 1919.

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Styal’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.

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.