Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Tilston is listed yet
A short trip away, Wrexham (7 mi) counts 215 famous people, Danny Ward among them. Chester’s 296 names make the longest list in Cheshire. After Chester, the next longest list in Cheshire is Warrington’s, with 254. 56 towns across Cheshire can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Tilston’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Tilston yet.
Famous people born near Tilston
Of the towns around it, Wrexham has the most on record: 215.
Wrexham · 7 miDanny Ward & 214 more
Whitchurch · 8 miEdward German & 8 more
Rossett · 7 miChris Wickham & 6 more
Malpas · 3 miGeorge Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley & 3 more
Holt · 3 miLeigh Richmond Roose & 1 moreCSMarchwiel · 7 miCecil Smith & 1 more
Bunbury · 8 miFrederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley & 1 more
Farndon · 3 miJohn SpeedQuestions about famous people from Tilston
Who counts as from Tilston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tilston’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)
- Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward German: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wickham: Tajotep, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leigh Richmond Roose: UnknownUnknown (uncredited by source) The original uploader was Mikedash at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Speed: Salomon Savery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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