#1Sports
Jamie Carragher
born 1978English associiation football player and sportcaster
65 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Bootle, Merseyside
Of the 73 famous people born in Bootle, an unusual share are leaders
With articles in 65 languages, Jamie Carragher is the most widely known. Second place goes to the English association football player Steve McManaman, third to Alex Greenwood. More than half were born in the 20th century, 46 in all. Edith Mary Statham, born in 1853, is the earliest name and Anthony Glennon, born in 1999, the latest.
Born here
73
notable people
Best known
Jamie Carragher
in 65 Wikipedia languages
First
1853
Edith Mary Statham
Youngest
1999
Anthony Glennon
Most common field
Sports
42 people
What stands out about Bootle’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Bootle
The three best known are all athletes.
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#2Sports
Steve McManaman
born 1972English association football player (born 1972)
42 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Sports
Alex Greenwood
born 1993English association football player (born 1993)
29 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Bootle is known for
Bootle has 1.6× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bootle’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 15 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableMilitaryMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bootle
The other 70 span the years 1853 to 1999.
Elaine Feinstein
1930–2019Poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator (1930-2019)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Arthur Herbert Procter
1890–1973English military officer (1890–1973); recipient of the Victoria Cross
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
Les Hinton
born 1944British-American journalist, writer and business executive
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Edith Mary Statham
1853–1951Singer, nurse, secretary, war graves conservator, community worker
MusicWikipedia ↗
Thomas Hylton Collins
1931–2021British baker, creator of the Chorleywood bread process (1931-2021)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Liverpool has the longest list next door: 2,441.
Liverpool · 5 miJohn Lennon & 2,440 more
Birkenhead · 7 miGlenda Jackson & 333 moreOSWallasey · 5 miOlaf Stapledon & 113 moreGGCrosby · 2 miGerald Gardner & 52 more
Huyton with Roby · 6 miRex Harrison & 44 more
Knowsley · 5 miChristopher Wood & 9 moreABAintree · 2 miAndy Burnham & 7 more
Litherland · 1 miRoger McGough & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Bootle
Who is the most famous person from Bootle?
Jamie Carragher (English associiation football player and sportcaster) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 65 languages. Next come Steve McManaman and Alex Greenwood.
How many famous people were born in Bootle?
73 people born in Bootle have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 80 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bootle known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 42 of the 73. That is 58% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bootle?
Edith Mary Statham, born in 1853. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Bootle?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bootle’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 (30)
- Jamie Carragher: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve McManaman: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Greenwood: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Evans: Jarvin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jose Baxter: IJA, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Williams: Maxgreen123, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Wells: Ziko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elaine Feinstein: Kaido Vainomaa, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Parkinson: Jack_Parkinson.jpg: Liverpool FC derivative work: Memorino, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Wright: Helen Bromley, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Acorah: Ian French website containing contact details, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Barrett: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Glennon: Kane Brooker, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James McEwen: American Photographic Company, Luton (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Patten: Eequalsmc3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Benton: Mick Roche, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Durnin: Jarvin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Dowd: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Edwards: Spiderone, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hardman Lever: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Neil: George Woodbine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Herbert Procter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Workman: Luke Fildes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. H. Evison: J G Gurney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Redding: Wikiprochina, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Christopher Wood: Christopher Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger McGough: Serine Ben Brahim, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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