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Writing & Arts
William Guy Carr
1895–1959Canadian Navy officer and writer (1895–1959)
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Famous people · Formby, Merseyside
15 famous people were born in Formby from 1738 to 2002
The best known is the Canadian Navy officer and writer William Guy Carr, with articles in 8 languages. Since 1970, 6 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 residents, below the 10.1 of the typical town in Merseyside. William Guy Carr, the best known, was born in 1895.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
William Guy Carr
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1738
Robert Molyneux
Youngest
2002
Thomas Hill
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Formby’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Formby’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicFilm, TV & StageFaithNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Formby
William Guy Carr has articles in 8 languages, Thomas Hill in 7 and Peter Boyle in 5.
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Known for
What Formby is known for
Formby has 3.9× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Formby
Of the other 12, 4 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Southport · 6 miMiranda Richardson & 161 moreOSWallasey · 10 miOlaf Stapledon & 113 more
Bootle · 7 miJamie Carragher & 72 more
Ormskirk · 7 miJames Hopwood Jeans & 67 moreGGCrosby · 5 miGerald Gardner & 52 moreABAintree · 7 miAndy Burnham & 7 more
Litherland · 6 miRoger McGough & 5 moreBLBurscough · 10 miBobby Langton & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Formby
Who is the most famous person from Formby?
William Guy Carr (Canadian Navy officer and writer (1895–1959)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Thomas Hill and Peter Boyle.
How many famous people were born in Formby?
15 people born in Formby have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 16 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Formby known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 15. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Formby?
Robert Molyneux, born in 1738. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Formby?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Formby’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 (9)
- Thomas Hill: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhian Teasdale: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernice Vere: Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Molyneux: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hayla: POPDUST, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Miranda Richardson: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Carragher: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hopwood Jeans: Kokorik (Uploader), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger McGough: Serine Ben Brahim, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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