#1Writing & Arts
Leonora Carrington
1917–2011British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011)
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Famous people · Leyland, Lancashire
26 famous people from Leyland, many of them athletes
With articles in 49 languages, Leonora Carrington is the most widely known. The largest group, 11, was born in the 20th century. John Woodcock, born in 1603, is the earliest name and Liv Cooke, born in 1999, the latest. The list comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.3 in the typical town in Lancashire.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Leonora Carrington
in 49 Wikipedia languages
First
1603
John Woodcock
Youngest
1999
Liv Cooke
Most common field
Sports
21 people
What stands out about Leyland’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Leyland
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Leyland is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Leyland’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageFaithPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Leyland
23 more, from 1603 to 1999.
Ashley Dalton
born 1972British politician, from 2024, Member of Parliament for West Lancashire
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Chorley’s, at 60 names.
Questions about famous people from Leyland
Who is the most famous person from Leyland?
Leonora Carrington (British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 49 languages. Next come Jimmy Bannister and Mark Coulier.
How many famous people were born in Leyland?
26 people born in Leyland have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 27 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Leyland known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 21 of the 26. That is 81% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Leyland?
John Woodcock, born in 1603. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Leyland?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Leyland’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 (11)
- Leonora Carrington: WendyAvilesR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Bannister: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Dalton: ©House of Commons, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Jones: http://picasaweb.google.com/barrau.gerard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liv Cooke: Chris Leaney, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Tuson: Gerard Barrau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lightoller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian McCulloch: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Rigby: Matthew, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade Barrett: Shamsuddin Muhammad from Fort Hood, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Ferrier: Polygoon Hollands Nieuws, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
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