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Photo: Jdhowens90 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Romiley, Greater Manchester
Athletes stand out among the 7 famous people born in Romiley
At the top of the list is the English footballer George Thornewell, covered in 5 languages. The English cricketer Timothy Taylor ranks second, ahead of Julius Gregory. Over 80 years of births, the list goes from Julius Gregory (1881) to Timothy Taylor (1961). Most were born in the 20th century: 4 of them.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
George Thornewell
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Julius Gregory
Youngest
1961
Timothy Taylor
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Romiley’s famous people
The best known
Born in Romiley
Counted by languages, George Thornewell is ahead of Timothy Taylor and Julius Gregory: 5, 4 and 3.
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Sports
Julius Gregory
1881–1916Association football player (1881-1916)
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Romiley’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1890s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Romiley
4 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Romiley, with how many people each has.
Hyde · 3 miLee Martin & 28 more
Stockport · 3 miMargaret Burbidge & 13 more
Dukinfield · 4 miTony Brooks & 13 more
Denton · 3 miJimmy Armfield & 10 more
Bredbury and Woodley · 1 miRichard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley & 7 moreJCReddish · 3 miJoe Cooper & 5 more
Marple · 2 miMabel Hardie & 4 more
Marple Bridge · 2 miEric NewtonQuestions about famous people from Romiley
Who is the most famous person from Romiley?
George Thornewell (English footballer (1898-1986)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Timothy Taylor and Julius Gregory.
How many famous people were born in Romiley?
7 people born in Romiley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Romiley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 7. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Romiley?
Julius Gregory, born in 1881. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.
Who counts as from Romiley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Romiley’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)
- Lee Martin: Stew jones, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Burbidge: Michael Webb, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Brooks: Hotel de France, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Armfield: Angstpristine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mabel Hardie: unknown - Mabel Hardie in 1887 or 1888, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Newton: Open Library, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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