Photo: Jude Dobson · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Staining is listed yet
Blackpool, 2 mi away, has 263 on its list, the best known David Thewlis. 73 towns in Lancashire have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Lancashire belongs to Preston, with 346. After Preston, the next longest list in Lancashire is Blackburn’s, with 269.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Staining’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Staining yet.
Famous people born near Staining
Blackpool leads the towns around it, with 263 names.
Questions about famous people from Staining
Who counts as from Staining?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Staining’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)
- David Thewlis: David_Thewlis_at_San_Sebastian_Filmfestival_2008.jpg: Andreas Tai derivative work: RanZag, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Barclay: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Summers: Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Godfrey: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Patten: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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