Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Silverdale is listed yet
Within 7 mi, Morecambe lists the most: 31, with Peter J. Ratcliffe first. 73 of the towns in Lancashire list at least one person. No town in Lancashire lists more than Preston, with 346. Blackburn has the second-longest list in Lancashire, after Preston, with 269.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Silverdale’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Silverdale yet.
Famous people born near Silverdale
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Morecambe · 7 miPeter J. Ratcliffe & 30 moreCPCarnforth · 4 miCecil Parkinson & 3 moreJCGrange-over-Sands · 4 miJack Crayston & 3 more
Arnside · 2 miRosemary Grant & 2 more
Warton (Lancaster) · 3 miMatthew Hutton & 2 more
Burton-in-Kendal · 4 miFelix Borowski & 1 more
Milnthorpe · 5 miJohn TaylorHSLevens · 7 miHarold StablerQuestions about famous people from Silverdale
Who counts as from Silverdale?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Silverdale’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)
- Peter J. Ratcliffe: Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva., CC BY 2.5 ar, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosemary Grant: David Craig from Salem, Oregon, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Hutton: Francis Perry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Borowski: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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