#1Science & Medicine
Trevor Pinch
1952–2021British sociologist (1952–2021)
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Famous people · Lisnaskea, Fermanagh and Omagh
2 famous people were born in Lisnaskea
Trevor Pinch, the British sociologist, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The list has one more: the northern Irish politician Sam Foster. For more famous names, Enniskillen is 10 mi away: its list has 76, led by Kyle Lafferty. The oldest name on the list belongs to Sam Foster, born in 1931, the newest to Trevor Pinch, born in 1952.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Trevor Pinch
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1931
Sam Foster
Youngest
1952
Trevor Pinch
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Lisnaskea
#1SF#2
Politics & Law
Sam Foster
1931–2014Northern Irish politician (1931–2014)
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Known for
What Lisnaskea is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.
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
Of the towns nearby, 1 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Lisnaskea
Who is the most famous person from Lisnaskea?
Trevor Pinch (British sociologist (1952–2021)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Sam Foster.
How many famous people were born in Lisnaskea?
2 people born in Lisnaskea have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lisnaskea known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lisnaskea?
Sam Foster, born in 1931. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
Who counts as from Lisnaskea?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lisnaskea’s settlement (NISRA’s settlement development limit), 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 NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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 (2)
- Trevor Pinch: Marc Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Lafferty: Садовников Дмитрий, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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