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Photo: Phil Platt · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Chapeltown, Lancashire
The English footballer Jack Armitage is the one famous person from Chapeltown
In 1897, the English footballer Jack Armitage was born. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. Nearby, Bolton, 4 mi away, lists 374, led by William Lassell.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Jack Armitage
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1897
Jack Armitage
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Chapeltown
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Bolton’s, at 374 names.
Bolton · 4 miWilliam Lassell & 373 more
Bury · 5 miGary Neville & 194 more
Farnworth · 6 miAlan Ball Jr. & 60 more
Darwen · 5 miJohn Cryer & 41 moreWFHaslingden · 5 miWilliam Foster & 26 more
Radcliffe · 6 miDanny Boyle & 24 moreTGRamsbottom · 3 miTim Greaves & 10 more
Little Lever · 5 miJames Hallows & 7 moreQuestions about famous people from Chapeltown
Who is the most famous person from Chapeltown?
Jack Armitage (English footballer (1897-?)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Chapeltown?
1 people born in Chapeltown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Chapeltown known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Chapeltown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chapeltown’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)
- William Lassell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Neville: University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Ball Jr.: The original uploader was Pyrope at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cryer: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Boyle: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hallows: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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