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Chris Nicholl
1946–2024Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1946)
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Famous people · Wilmslow, Cheshire
Chris Nicholl tops a list of 16 famous people born in Wilmslow
The best known is the northern Irish footballer and manager Chris Nicholl, with articles in 19 languages. Millie Turner is second and Peter Reynolds third. 6 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 5 of the names.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Chris Nicholl
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1719
Samuel Finney
Youngest
2003
Dan Rose
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Wilmslow’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Wilmslow’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Wilmslow
Three names lead: Chris Nicholl (19 languages), Millie Turner (10) and Peter Reynolds (7).
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Known for
What Wilmslow is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Wilmslow
Another 13, 6 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Wilmslow, with how many people each has.
Wythenshawe · 4 miRavel Morrison & 39 more
Prestbury · 4 miBrian Houghton Hodgson & 14 more
Cheadle · 5 miChristopher Priest & 14 more
Cheadle Hulme · 3 miTim McInnerny & 13 more
Alderley Edge · 2 miArthur Penrhyn Stanley & 7 more
Bramhall · 4 miSacha Dhawan & 6 more
Poynton · 5 miAlan Beith & 6 more
Mobberley · 4 miGeorge Mallory & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Wilmslow
Who is the most famous person from Wilmslow?
Chris Nicholl (northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1946)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 19 languages. Next come Millie Turner and Peter Reynolds.
How many famous people were born in Wilmslow?
16 people born in Wilmslow have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 22 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Wilmslow known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 16. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wilmslow?
Samuel Finney, born in 1719. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Wilmslow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wilmslow’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 (14)
- Millie Turner: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Tolson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liz Blatchford: Jimmy Harris, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Whitaker: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Nicholl: The Commercial Appeal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Muriel Nichol: Unknown (Original photographer of work is unknown due to company closing in the 1960's. NPG would have added photograper's name if known), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ravel Morrison: Will bcfc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Houghton Hodgson: Louisa Starr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Priest: Éric Messel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim McInnerny: eye4images, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: Lowes Cato Dickinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sacha Dhawan: German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Beith: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Mallory: Sandy Wollaston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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