#1Famous people · Rawtenstall, Lancashire
21 famous people come from Rawtenstall, Jane Horrocks the best known
Articles in 27 languages make the British actress Jane Horrocks the best known. Second and third on the list are Lee Cartwright and Winston Place. In the Victorian era, 9 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents there are 8.9 on the list, well above the typical Lancashire town’s 2.3.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Jane Horrocks
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1831
William Hoyle
Youngest
1980
Natalie Casey
Most common field
Sports
14 people
The best known
Born in Rawtenstall
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Rawtenstall’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 4 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rawtenstall is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 1.7 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rawtenstall
Here are 18 more, born from 1831 to 1980.
Natalie Casey
born 1980English actress, singer, presenter, and narrator (born 1980)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Accrington counts 54 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Accrington · 5 miJon Anderson & 53 moreWFHaslingden · 2 miWilliam Foster & 26 more
Bacup · 3 miJohnny Clegg & 19 moreJBOswaldtwistle · 6 miJackie Bray & 16 moreTGRamsbottom · 5 miTim Greaves & 10 more
Church · 6 miMina Anwar & 5 more
Huncoat · 5 miHarold Davenport & 2 moreRHWhitworth · 5 miRoy Halstead & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Rawtenstall
Who is the most famous person from Rawtenstall?
Jane Horrocks (British actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 27 languages. Next come Lee Cartwright and Winston Place.
How many famous people were born in Rawtenstall?
21 people born in Rawtenstall have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 24 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Rawtenstall known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 14 of the 21. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rawtenstall?
William Hoyle, born in 1831. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Rawtenstall?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rawtenstall’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 (7)
- Jane Horrocks: richiiebam, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Shackleton: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hoyle: Charles W. Forward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Anderson: Stéphane Gallay, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Clegg: davidata, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mina Anwar: Steve Bowbrick from Radlett, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Davenport: Konrad Jacobs, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
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