#1Famous people · Maghull, Merseyside
3 famous people were born in Maghull
James Graham, the English rugby league footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Mark Burgess and Mike Waywell. Of its neighbours, Liverpool, 7 mi away, lists the most: 2,441, John Lennon first. For its size the list is short: 1.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 10.1 in the typical Merseyside town.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
James Graham
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1966
Mark Burgess
Youngest
1988
Mike Waywell
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Maghull
Ranked by languages covered: James Graham with 6, then Mark Burgess with 3 and Mike Waywell with 1.
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Known for
What Maghull is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Liverpool, with 2,441.
Liverpool · 7 miJohn Lennon & 2,440 more
Bootle · 3 miJamie Carragher & 72 more
Ormskirk · 4 miJames Hopwood Jeans & 67 moreGGCrosby · 4 miGerald Gardner & 52 moreWCFormby · 6 miWilliam Guy Carr & 14 more
Knowsley · 5 miChristopher Wood & 9 moreABAintree · 2 miAndy Burnham & 7 more
Litherland · 4 miRoger McGough & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Maghull
Who is the most famous person from Maghull?
James Graham (English rugby league footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Mark Burgess and Mike Waywell.
How many famous people were born in Maghull?
3 people born in Maghull have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Maghull known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Maghull?
Mark Burgess, born in 1966. The youngest on the list was born in 1988.
Who counts as from Maghull?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Maghull’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 (7)
- James Graham: Gérard Barrau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Burgess: MarkBurgess, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lennon: Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Carragher: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hopwood Jeans: Kokorik (Uploader), Public domain, 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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