Church of St Mary · Photo: J.Hannan-Briggs · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people from Marshchapel
Grimsby, 8 mi away, has 208 on its list, the best known Arthur Drewry. 100 towns across Lincolnshire can name a famous person born there. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Marshchapel. The longest list of any town in Lincolnshire belongs to Lincoln, with 211.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Marshchapel’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Marshchapel yet.
Famous people born near Marshchapel
The longest list nearby is Grimsby’s, with 208.
Questions about famous people from Marshchapel
Who counts as from Marshchapel?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Marshchapel’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 (4)
- Arthur Drewry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Foale: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hollie Arnold: Photographer for the National Assembly for Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony McPhee: Patrick_Neylan (Uploads), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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