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Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Uppermill, Greater Manchester
2 famous people were born in Uppermill
Articles in 2 languages make the British climber Kevin Thaw the best known. One more name completes the list: Geoff Hallas. The nearest list is in Oldham, 4 mi away: 280 names, starting with Brian Cox. The oldest name on the list belongs to Geoff Hallas, born in 1930, the newest to Kevin Thaw, born in 1967.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Kevin Thaw
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1930
Geoff Hallas
Youngest
1967
Kevin Thaw
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Uppermill
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Uppermill
Who is the most famous person from Uppermill?
Kevin Thaw (British climber) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Geoff Hallas.
How many famous people were born in Uppermill?
2 people born in Uppermill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Uppermill known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Uppermill?
Geoff Hallas, born in 1930. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Uppermill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Uppermill’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)
- Brian Cox: Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Hurst: Keven Law from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Holding: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Brooks: Hotel de France, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Wild: Joost Evers / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Kenney: Colonel Linley Blathwayt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dora Marsden: G. C. Beresford, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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