Photo: philandju · CC BY-SA 2.0Edgworth has no famous person on record yet
The nearest list is in Bolton, 5 mi away: 374 names, starting with William Lassell. In all of Lancashire, the famous people on record come from 73 towns. The longest list in Lancashire is Preston’s, with 346 names. Blackburn has the second-longest list in Lancashire, after Preston, with 269.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Edgworth’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Edgworth yet.
Famous people born near Edgworth
The neighbour with the most names is Bolton, at 374.
Bolton · 5 miWilliam Lassell & 373 more
Bury · 5 miGary Neville & 194 more
Darwen · 5 miJohn Cryer & 41 moreWFHaslingden · 5 miWilliam Foster & 26 more
Radcliffe · 6 miDanny Boyle & 24 more
Rawtenstall · 6 miJane Horrocks & 20 moreJBOswaldtwistle · 7 miJackie Bray & 16 moreTGRamsbottom · 3 miTim Greaves & 10 moreQuestions about famous people from Edgworth
Who counts as from Edgworth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Edgworth’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 (5)
- William Lassell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Neville: University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cryer: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Boyle: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Horrocks: richiiebam, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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