#1Famous people · Litherland, Merseyside
6 famous people from Litherland, many of them athletes
The best known is the British writer and poet Roger McGough, with articles in 12 languages. The next two names are Paul Mullin and Bryan Griffiths. 3 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. From Robert Depledge to Paul Mullin, the births on the list run from 1882 to 1994.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Roger McGough
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
Robert Depledge
Youngest
1994
Paul Mullin
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Litherland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Litherland is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Litherland
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Sports
Bryan Griffiths
born 1939British association football player (born 1939)
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Through the years
When Litherland’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1880s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Litherland
The rest number 3, with 3 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
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Who is the most famous person from Litherland?
Roger McGough (British writer and poet) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Paul Mullin and Bryan Griffiths.
How many famous people were born in Litherland?
6 people born in Litherland have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Litherland known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 6. That is 83% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Litherland?
Robert Depledge, born in 1882. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Litherland?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Litherland’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 (6)
- Roger McGough: Serine Ben Brahim, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Mullin: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lennon: Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenda Jackson: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Carragher: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Wood: Christopher Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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