#1Science & Medicine
Rosemary Grant
born 1936British evolutionary biologist
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Famous people · Arnside, Cumbria
Arnside is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Rosemary Grant, the British evolutionary biologist, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The next two names are Margaret Constance Helen Blackler and Robert Wilson. Within 9 mi, Morecambe lists the most: 31, with Peter J. Ratcliffe first. Born in 1902, Margaret Constance Helen Blackler is the first name on record, and Rosemary Grant, born in 1936, the most recent.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Rosemary Grant
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1902
Margaret Constance Helen Blackler
Youngest
1936
Rosemary Grant
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Arnside
The three are covered in 8, 2 and 1 languages: Rosemary Grant, Margaret Constance Helen Blackler and Robert Wilson.
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Notable
Margaret Constance Helen Blackler
1902–1981British phycologist (1902-1981)
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RW#3
Sports
Robert Wilson
1922–1980English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer born 1922 (1922-1980)
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Known for
What Arnside is known for
Share of Arnside’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
The longest list nearby is Morecambe’s, with 31.
Questions about famous people from Arnside
Who is the most famous person from Arnside?
Rosemary Grant (British evolutionary biologist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Margaret Constance Helen Blackler and Robert Wilson.
How many famous people were born in Arnside?
3 people born in Arnside have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Arnside known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Arnside?
Margaret Constance Helen Blackler, born in 1902. The youngest on the list was born in 1936.
Who counts as from Arnside?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Arnside’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 (5)
- Rosemary Grant: David Craig from Salem, Oregon, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter J. Ratcliffe: Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva., CC BY 2.5 ar, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Hutton: Francis Perry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Borowski: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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