#1Famous people · Bebington, Merseyside
Most of the 82 famous people born in Bebington came into the world in the 20th century
The best known is the English tennis player Lottie Dod, with articles in 31 languages. The next two names are Pete Burns and William Dod. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 14.2, close to the 10.1 of the typical Merseyside town. The biggest group are athletes: 50.
Born here
82
notable people
Best known
Lottie Dod
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1754
Frances Jacson
Youngest
2007
Carter Pinnington
Most common field
Sports
50 people
What stands out about Bebington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bebington’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 10.
SportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryPolitics & LawMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bebington
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Known for
What Bebington is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bebington
Another 79, the earliest born in 1754.
Liz Carr
born 1972British actress, comedian, and disability rights campaigner (born 1972)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Maria Elizabetha Jacson
1755–1829English botanist and writer (1755-1829)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Richard Lancelyn Green
1953–2004Scholar of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes (1953–2004)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
James William Brodie
1920–2009New Zealand scientist and historian (1920–2009)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Stephen Rule
born 1952English rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer
SportsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Bebington, with how many people each has.
Liverpool · 6 miJohn Lennon & 2,440 more
Birkenhead · 4 miGlenda Jackson & 333 moreOSWallasey · 6 miOlaf Stapledon & 113 more
Huyton with Roby · 8 miRex Harrison & 44 more
Ellesmere Port · 6 miJoe Mercer & 38 more
Heswall · 4 miJohn Peel & 17 more
West Kirby · 8 miJoanna Scanlan & 16 more
Neston · 4 miTim Hunt & 9 moreQuestions about famous people from Bebington
Who is the most famous person from Bebington?
Lottie Dod (English tennis player (1871-1960)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 31 languages. Next come Pete Burns and William Dod.
How many famous people were born in Bebington?
82 people born in Bebington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 91 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bebington known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 50 of the 82. That is 61% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bebington?
Frances Jacson, born in 1754. The youngest on the list was born in 2007.
Who counts as from Bebington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bebington’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 (27)
- Lottie Dod: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Burns: User:Mathew Street, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Dod: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Banner Johnstone: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Heaton: Simon Fernandez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Goodliffe: Aubrey Davidson-Houston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ash Taylor: Bradford City AFC, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Howard: Djuradj Vujcic, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dom Phillips: Marcos Corrêa/Presidência da República, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Boht: Simon Harries, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Jones: U.S. Navy photo[2], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Draper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Farnworth: BC NDP, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Douglas: Edgell, John Augustine, 1880-1962, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Nowak: DimiTalen, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Green: lfchistory.net, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Ygartua: Gyhuirty, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Sentance: Policy Exchange, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jan Ravens: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Kininmonth: Unknown (Crown Studios of Wellington), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lennon: Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenda Jackson: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rex Harrison: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Mercer: Dr. David France, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Peel: JP_BBC.jpg: Arno Matthias derivative work: January, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Scanlan: Marcus Liversedge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Hunt: Machmit (Machmit), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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