#1Famous people · Winwick, Cheshire
4 famous people were born in Winwick
Best known of all is Geoffrey Hornby, written about in 7 languages. Behind the leader come Phipps Hornby and Thomas Claughton. The first birth on record is Thomas Hazlehurst’s, in 1779, and the last Geoffrey Hornby’s, in 1825. Soldiers and sailors make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Geoffrey Hornby
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1779
Thomas Hazlehurst
Youngest
1825
Geoffrey Hornby
Most common field
Military
2 people
The best known
Born in Winwick
Soldiers and sailors take two of the three places.
#1PH#2
Military
Phipps Hornby
1785–1867British Royal Navy officer (1785-1867)
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#3Through the years
When Winwick’s famous people were born
The 1820s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
MilitaryFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Winwick is known for
The field with the most names is Military: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Winwick
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Warrington counts 254 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Warrington · 2 miTim Curry & 253 more
Leigh · 6 miNigel Short & 98 more
Newton-le-Willows · 2 miRick Astley & 24 more
Golborne · 3 miDavey Boy Smith & 19 moreJCAshton-in-Makerfield · 5 miJune Croft & 13 more
Haydock · 4 miEdmund Arrowsmith & 11 more
Platt Bridge and Abram · 6 miSydney Battersby & 6 more
Culcheth · 4 miDonald Adamson & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Winwick
Who is the most famous person from Winwick?
Geoffrey Hornby (British admiral; (1825-1895)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Phipps Hornby and Thomas Claughton.
How many famous people were born in Winwick?
4 people born in Winwick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Winwick known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Winwick?
Thomas Hazlehurst, born in 1779. The youngest on the list was born in 1825.
Who counts as from Winwick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Winwick’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 (9)
- Geoffrey Hornby: Russell (photographic company ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Claughton: E. Harrison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Curry: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Short: This photo was taken by Przemysław Jahr Autorem zdjęcia jest Przemysław Jahr Wykorzystując zdjęcie proszę podać jako autora: Przemysław Jahr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Astley: Wjack12, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Davey Boy Smith: James, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Arrowsmith: Arrowsmith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sydney Battersby: photographer of IOC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Adamson: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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