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Lindsay Hoyle
born 1957Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1957)
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Famous people · Adlington, Lancashire
Adlington counts 8 famous people, first among them Lindsay Hoyle
Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, is the most widely known, written about in 33 languages. The association football player Ellis Green ranks second, ahead of James Atherton. 4 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. The list comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.3 in the typical town in Lancashire.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Lindsay Hoyle
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1756
Samuel Oldknow
Youngest
1957
Lindsay Hoyle
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Adlington
By how many languages cover them, Lindsay Hoyle comes first (33), then Ellis Green (3) and James Atherton (3).
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Through the years
When Adlington’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Adlington is known for
4 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Adlington
Another 5, the earliest born in 1756.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Chorley has the most people on record, 60 of them.
Questions about famous people from Adlington
Who is the most famous person from Adlington?
Lindsay Hoyle (speaker of the House of Commons (born 1957)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 33 languages. Next come Ellis Green and James Atherton.
How many famous people were born in Adlington?
8 people born in Adlington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Adlington known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Adlington?
Samuel Oldknow, born in 1756. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Adlington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Adlington’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)
- Lindsay Hoyle: ©House of Commons / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Oldknow: Joseph Wright of Derby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lightoller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivor Bolton: Benno Hunziker, Sinfonieorchester Basel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Slanina-Davies: Ian Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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