#1Writing & Arts
Christopher Priest
1943–2024British author (1943–2024)
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Famous people · Cheadle, Greater Manchester
15 famous people were born in Cheadle, most of them in the 20th century
The best known is the British author Christopher Priest, with articles in 24 languages. Henry Pickford (1820) and George Evans (1994) mark the two ends of the list. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names. The biggest group are athletes: 8.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Christopher Priest
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1820
Henry Pickford
Youngest
1994
George Evans
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Cheadle’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cheadle’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cheadle
Three names lead: Christopher Priest (24 languages), Richard Taylor (16) and Graham Jones (11).
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What Cheadle is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 8 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cheadle
12 more, 7 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Wythenshawe has the longest list next door: 40.
Wythenshawe · 2 miRavel Morrison & 39 moreCNWilmslow · 5 miChris Nicholl & 15 more
Cheadle Hulme · 2 miTim McInnerny & 13 more
Stockport · 2 miMargaret Burbidge & 13 more
Bredbury and Woodley · 4 miRichard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley & 7 more
Bramhall · 2 miSacha Dhawan & 6 more
Poynton · 5 miAlan Beith & 6 moreGTRomiley · 5 miGeorge Thornewell & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Cheadle
Who is the most famous person from Cheadle?
Christopher Priest (British author (1943–2024)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come Richard Taylor and Graham Jones.
How many famous people were born in Cheadle?
15 people born in Cheadle have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 16 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cheadle known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 15. That is 53% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cheadle?
Henry Pickford, born in 1820. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Cheadle?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cheadle’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 (13)
- Christopher Priest: Éric Messel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Taylor: Tobias M. Eckrich, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Jones: Guydedieu1976own collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Whitefoot: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Williams: Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Herety: my own collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Watts: Nathaniel Hughes John Baird, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ravel Morrison: Will bcfc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim McInnerny: eye4images, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Burbidge: Michael Webb, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley: 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
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