Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person from Cottam yet, but Preston next door has 346
In all of Lancashire, the famous people on record come from 73 towns. Preston has the most of any town in Lancashire: 346. After Preston, the next longest list in Lancashire is Blackburn’s, with 269. The best known born in Preston is Phil Jones.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Cottam’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Cottam yet.
Famous people born near Cottam
Of the towns around it, Preston has the most on record: 346.
Questions about famous people from Cottam
Who counts as from Cottam?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cottam’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 (3)
- Phil Jones: Matt Janzer from Missoula, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Wallwork: Published in Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 7 March 1934, p.33; photographic studio Green and Hahn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade Barrett: Shamsuddin Muhammad from Fort Hood, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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