Photo: Impudicus · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Simister is on the famous people list yet
Within 4 mi, Salford lists the most: 307, with James Prescott Joule first. In all of Greater Manchester, the famous people on record come from 73 towns. Manchester has the most of any town in Greater Manchester: 2,047. After Manchester, the next longest list in Greater Manchester is Bolton’s, with 374.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Simister’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Simister yet.
Famous people born near Simister
Nearby, Salford has the most on record, with 307.
Salford · 4 miJames Prescott Joule & 306 more
Bury · 4 miGary Neville & 194 more
Prestwich · 2 miVictoria Wood & 41 more
Middleton · 2 miSteve Coogan & 33 moreFGHeywood · 3 miFreddie Goodwin & 28 more
Radcliffe · 3 miDanny Boyle & 24 more
Chadderton · 4 miDavid Platt & 14 moreLAClifton · 4 miLilias Armstrong & 11 moreQuestions about famous people from Simister
Who counts as from Simister?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Simister’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 (6)
- James Prescott Joule: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Neville: University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Wood: MAG (Mines Advisory Group), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Coogan: Gordon Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Boyle: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Platt: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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