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Chris Patten
born 1944British politician and colonial administrator (born 1944)
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Famous people · Cleveleys, Lancashire
Chris Patten tops a list of 2 famous people born in Cleveleys
Chris Patten, the British politician and colonial administrator, is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. The list has one more: the footballer David Demaine. Within 4 mi, Blackpool lists the most: 263, with David Thewlis first. From David Demaine to Chris Patten, the births on the list run from 1942 to 1944.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Chris Patten
in 39 Wikipedia languages
First
1942
David Demaine
Youngest
1944
Chris Patten
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Cleveleys
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Known for
What Cleveleys is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Blackpool has the most people on record, 263 of them.
Questions about famous people from Cleveleys
Who is the most famous person from Cleveleys?
Chris Patten (British politician and colonial administrator (born 1944)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 39 languages. Next come David Demaine.
How many famous people were born in Cleveleys?
2 people born in Cleveleys have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cleveleys known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cleveleys?
David Demaine, born in 1942. The youngest on the list was born in 1944.
Who counts as from Cleveleys?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cleveleys’ 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 (4)
- Chris Patten: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Thewlis: David_Thewlis_at_San_Sebastian_Filmfestival_2008.jpg: Andreas Tai derivative work: RanZag, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Summers: Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Godfrey: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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