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Famous people · Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
4 famous people come from Grange-over-Sands, Jack Crayston the best known
Most widely known is Jack Crayston, the English footballer, with articles in 13 languages. Close behind are Lionel Palairet and David Hirst. Over 66 years of births, the list goes from Lionel Palairet (1870) to David Hirst (1936). More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Jack Crayston
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Lionel Palairet
Youngest
1936
David Hirst
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Grange-over-Sands
The three are covered in 13, 10 and 4 languages: Jack Crayston, Lionel Palairet and David Hirst.
#2Sports
Lionel Palairet
1870–1933Cricket player of England. (1870-1933)
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Through the years
When Grange-over-Sands’s famous people were born
The 1870s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Grange-over-Sands is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Grange-over-Sands
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Ulverston: 31.
Questions about famous people from Grange-over-Sands
Who is the most famous person from Grange-over-Sands?
Jack Crayston (English footballer (1910–1992)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Lionel Palairet and David Hirst.
How many famous people were born in Grange-over-Sands?
4 people born in Grange-over-Sands have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Grange-over-Sands known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Grange-over-Sands?
Lionel Palairet, born in 1870. The youngest on the list was born in 1936.
Who counts as from Grange-over-Sands?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Grange-over-Sands’ 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 (6)
- Lionel Palairet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Laurel: US Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosemary Grant: David Craig from Salem, Oregon, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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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