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Famous people · Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
11 famous people from Ramsbottom, many of them athletes
Tim Greaves, the British racing driver and team owner, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Close behind are Ellis Crompton and Henry Holland. Born in 1883, Tom Kay is the first name on record, and Zak Ford-Williams, born in 1999, the most recent. 5 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Tim Greaves
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Tom Kay
Youngest
1999
Zak Ford-Williams
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Ramsbottom’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ramsbottom is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ramsbottom
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Ramsbottom’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ramsbottom
8 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 Bolton: 374.
Bolton · 6 miWilliam Lassell & 373 more
Bury · 3 miGary Neville & 194 moreFGHeywood · 5 miFreddie Goodwin & 28 moreWFHaslingden · 4 miWilliam Foster & 26 more
Radcliffe · 5 miDanny Boyle & 24 more
Rawtenstall · 5 miJane Horrocks & 20 more
Little Lever · 5 miJames Hallows & 7 more
Hoddlesden · 6 miAlan Walsh & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Ramsbottom
Who is the most famous person from Ramsbottom?
Tim Greaves (British racing driver and team owner) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Ellis Crompton and Henry Holland.
How many famous people were born in Ramsbottom?
11 people born in Ramsbottom have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ramsbottom known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 11. That is 82% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ramsbottom?
Tom Kay, born in 1883. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Ramsbottom?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ramsbottom’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 (7)
- Henry Holland: Craig Grobler, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lassell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Neville: University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Boyle: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Horrocks: richiiebam, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hallows: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Walsh: division, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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