#1Famous people · Hoylake, Merseyside
Writers and artists stand out among the 19 famous people born in Hoylake
At the top of the list is the English racing cyclist Chris Boardman, covered in 24 languages. The largest group, 12, was born in the 20th century. The list comes to 35.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 10.1 in the typical town in Merseyside. The earliest on the list is John Ball, born in 1861, and the youngest Gary Powell, born in 1969.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Chris Boardman
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
John Ball
Youngest
1969
Gary Powell
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Hoylake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Hoylake is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Hoylake
Two of the three are athletes.
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Music
Paul Kennerley
born 1948English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer of American country music
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Through the years
When Hoylake’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hoylake
16 more, 8 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Birkenhead has the most on record: 334.
Birkenhead · 5 miGlenda Jackson & 333 moreOSWallasey · 5 miOlaf Stapledon & 113 more
Bebington · 8 miLottie Dod & 81 moreGGCrosby · 9 miGerald Gardner & 52 more
Heswall · 5 miJohn Peel & 17 more
West Kirby · 1 miJoanna Scanlan & 16 more
Holywell · 8 miJonathan Pryce & 16 more
Neston · 9 miTim Hunt & 9 moreQuestions about famous people from Hoylake
Who is the most famous person from Hoylake?
Chris Boardman (English racing cyclist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come John Ball and Paul Kennerley.
How many famous people were born in Hoylake?
19 people born in Hoylake have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 20 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hoylake known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 19. That is 53% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hoylake?
John Ball, born in 1861. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Hoylake?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hoylake’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 (11)
- Chris Boardman: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ball: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Richards: Johanna Austin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Lloyd: Stuyvesant Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Ball: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenda Jackson: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lottie Dod: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scewing, Public domain, 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
- Jonathan Pryce: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Hunt: Machmit (Machmit), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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