No famous person from New Gate yet, but Preston next door has 346
Across Lancashire, 73 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Lancashire belongs to Preston, with 346. Blackburn has the second-longest list in Lancashire, after Preston, with 269. The best known born in Preston is Phil Jones.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in New Gate’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in New Gate yet.
Famous people born near New Gate
Of the towns nearby, Preston lists the most people: 346.
Questions about famous people from New Gate
Who counts as from New Gate?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside New Gate’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)
- Phil Jones: Matt Janzer from Missoula, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonora Carrington: WendyAvilesR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian McCulloch: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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